Contributions

  • Caprio, Mary, adapter - Contributor
  • Sayer, Jon, illustrator - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Dalmation Press, Franklin, TN, Tennessee

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Identifiers

Description

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Description

Heidi is only five when she is taken to live with her grandfather, known as Uncle Alp, in the Swiss Mountains. Notorious in the village for his gloomy outlook and reclusive nature, Uncle Alp nevertheless comes to love little Heidi, and she him. Just as Heidi begins to grow fond of her new mountain family and friends, she is suddenly taken to Frankfurt to be a companion to Clara, an invalid. Although she brings great joy into Clara's life, Heidi pines for her home in the mountains.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Junior classics

Other Editions

  • HeidiDalmation Press2013

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