Heidi - Hardcover

Spyri, Johanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402726015 ISBN 13: 9781402726019

Publisher: Union Square Kids, 2006

Synopsis

What happens when a little orphan girl is forced to live with her cold and frightening grandfather? The heartwarming answer has engaged children for more than a century, both on the page and on the screen. Johanna Spyri’s beloved story offers youngsters an endearing and intelligent heroine, a cast of unique and memorable characters, and a fascinatingportrait of a small Alpine village.

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Review:

Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in this beautifully bound hardcover edition. Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since it's original publication in 1880. Much more than a children's story, the narrative is also a lesson on the precarious nature of freedom, a luxury too often taken for granted. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she is ripped away from the tranquility of the mountains to tend to a sick cousin in the city. Happily, all's well that ends well, and the reader is left with only warm, fuzzy thoughts. Spryi's story will never grow wearisome--and this is a very appealing edition. --Naomi Gesinger

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About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1402726015
• ISBN 13: 9781402726019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Illustrator: McKowen Scott