Heidi

Description

Johanna Spyri's world famous novel is retold for younger children, with beautiful illustrations by Maja Dusikova. It's impossible not to love the little girl who frolics in the mountain meadows with Peter and his goats, brings joy to the blind grandmother, helps Klara learn to walk again, and restores hope and love to Grandfather.

Johanna Spyri was born in 1827 in Hirzel, Switzerland. In 1852, she moved to Zurich, where she began to write stories about life in the country. Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning, usually abbreviated as Heidi, is by far the most well known. Published throughout the world, it has inspired more than twenty film or television productions, a musical drama, and a tourist area-Heidiland-in Switzerland. Johanna Spyri died in 1901. Maja Dusikovaa was born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, and now lives in Florence, Italy. She has illustrated many books for both children and adults, including The Advent Storybook and Silent Night, Holy Night.

"The text is a crisp, well-flowing synopsis of the tale, hitting all the key plot points with the result a picture book that's a hair longer than what's typical in the genre. And the soft illustrations capture in an exquisitely lovely way everything from Heidi's straw bed to the goats on a high cliff to the Frankfurt skyline, in a manner that will be appreciated by elementary-aged readers..."-- "Midwest Book Review" "It never sacrifices heart for succinct storytelling...Spyri's novel of a young girl who is sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains is retold here with accompanying lush watercolors and wide, sweeping panoramas. Dusikova taps into the emotional core of this tale, making it accessible to all but the youngest readers."-- "Kirkus Reviews"