Classic Starts(r) Heidi - Hardcover

by Johanna Spyri (Author), Lisa Church (Abridged by), Karl James Mountford (Illustrator)

When Heidi, an orphan, goes to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, no one can imagine the solitary old man caring for a child. But the two grow to love each other, and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri's charming story--and spirited heroine--have won hearts for more than a century.

Author Biography

Johanna Louise Spyri (1827-1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.