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Classic Starts®: Heidi

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By Johanna Spyri

Abridged by Lisa Church

Illustrated by Karl James Mountford

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On Sale
Jan 17, 2023
Page Count
160 pages
Publisher
Union Square Kids
ISBN-13
9781454945376

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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.
 

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  • Children's Books
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Classics

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  • Classic Starts®

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.
 

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Johanna Spyri

About the Author

Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) was born Johanna Louise Heusser in Hirzel, Switzerland. In 1852, she moved to Zurich, where she began to write stories about life in the country. Although she wrote more than fifty stories before passing away, Johanna Spyri is best known for Heidi, the story of an orphan who goes to live with her grandfather on the mountain.

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Karl James Mountford

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