Dear Alexandra: A Story of Switzerland - a Make Friends Around the World Storybook (Making Friends Around the World)
by Helen Gudel
Category: Juvenile Fiction

Soundprints takes readers on a voyage around the world with books that introduce children to different countries. Storybooks about children from other countries, created by authors and illustrators from those countries, show readers what life is like around the world. Dolls are sculpted and the clothing is designed for the true ethnicity of the country featured. Alexandra, a girl in the city, receives letters all year long from her grandmother who lives in the mountain village of Torbel, Switzerland. The letters describe in detail all the small and sometimes hilarious events of the village, from the cow fights that determine whose cow is the strongest in the village to roasting chestnuts on chilly evenings. As Christmas nears, her grandmother anxiously awaits Alexandra's visit.