Heidi

Publisher Marketing: On a clear sunny morning in June two figures might be seen climbing the narrow mountain path; one, a tall strong-looking girl, the other a child whom she was leading by the hand, and whose little checks were so aglow with heat that the crimson color could be seen even through the dark, sunburnt skin. And this was hardly to be wondered at, for in spite of the hot June sun the child was clothed as if to keep off the bitterest frost. She did not look more than five years old, if as much, but what her natural figure was like, it would have been hard to say, for she had apparently two, if not three dresses, one above the other, and over these a thick red woollen shawl wound round about her, so that the little body presented a shapeless appearance, as, with its small feet shod in thick, nailed mountain-shoes, it slowly and laboriously plodded its way up in the heat. The two must have left the valley a good hour's walk behind them, when they came to the hamlet known as Dorfli, which is situated half-way up the mountain. Here the wayfarers met with greetings from all sides, some calling to them from windows, some from open doors, others from outside, for the elder girl was now in her old home. She did not, however, pause in her walk to respond to her friends' welcoming cries and questions, but passed on without stopping for a moment until she reached the last of the scattered houses of the hamlet. Here a voice called to her from the door: 'Wait a moment, Dete; if you are going up higher, I will come with you.' Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1991 (EAN 9780891076001, Hardcover) School Library Journal 11/01/2003 (EAN 9789626347850, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 11/01/2003 (EAN 9789626342855, Compact Disc) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 594 (EAN 9780805035650, Hardcover) School Library Journal 08/01/1999 (EAN 9780553525588, Analog Audio Cassette) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 594 (EAN 9780688145194, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 pg. 297 (EAN 9780688145194, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 527 (EAN 9780688145194, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 767 (EAN 9780688145194, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1142 (EAN 9780688145194, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/2000 pg. 126 (EAN 9780789453907, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 297 (EAN 9780789453907, Paperback) School Library Journal 06/01/2000 pg. 126 (EAN 9780789457035, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 297 (EAN 9780789457035, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/1997 pg. 193 (EAN 9780670869862, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1996 pg. 84 (EAN 9780670869862, Hardcover) Ingram Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 25 (EAN 9780694012817, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 561 (EAN 9780517618141, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 594 (EAN 9780448405636, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 527 (EAN 9780448405636, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 767 (EAN 9780448405636, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 561 (EAN 9780394538204, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 347 (EAN 9780375968990, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 347 (EAN 9780375868993, Paperback) Booklist 09/01/1996 pg. 145 (EAN 9780060234393, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1996 pg. 49 (EAN 9780060234393, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/1997 (EAN 9780060234393, Hardcover) Booklist 09/01/1996 pg. 145 (EAN 9780060234386, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1996 pg. 49 (EAN 9780060234386, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/08/1996 (EAN 9780060234386, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/1997 (EAN 9780060234386, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Spyri, Johanna Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of children s stories, best known for the classic coming-of-age tale Heidi: the Girl from the Alps. Spyri spent several summers in and around the mountainous area of Graub?nden as a child, and the Alps would serve as inspiration for much of her writing. Upon moving to Zurich with her husband, where she would remain for the rest of her life, Spyri published her first story, Ein Blatt auf Vronys Grab ( A Note on Vrony s Grave ), a gritty tale of a woman suffering from the abuse of her alcoholic husband. Yet it would be in children s writing that Spyri would truly make her markHeidi was published to great international acclaim in 1880, and has gone on to become one of the best-selling children s classics of all time. In 1884, both Spyri s husband and only child passed away, and Spyri devoted herself to charitable causes for the remainder of her life, writing fifty more stories before her own death in 1901.