At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather; can she find a way back up the mountain, where she belongs?
Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) was a Swiss writer of novels and stories for children. Born in the countryside near Zurich, she spent summers near Chur in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, a place which she would turn to for inspiration for her fiction. Much of her work conveys the daily realities of 19th century rural life. Her work has inspired numerous feature films, television series, and Japanese anime.
Target Age: 6-12
Chiltern Publishing
Pub Date: April 29, 2025
ISBN: 9781914602597
280 pages
Hardcover