Heidi
Subtitle: with a discussion of optimism
By: by Johanna Spyri ; adapted by Celia Bland ; illustrated by Eva Clift.
Contributors: Clift, Eva, ill.; Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901.
Series: Values in action illustrated classics
Publisher: Learning Challenge; Learning Challenge Inc
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Grandfathers -- Fiction.; Mountain life -- Switzerland -- Fiction.; Orphans -- Fiction.; Optimism -- Fiction.; Switzerland -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A simplified, abridged version of Heidi's experiences when she must leave her beloved grandfather to go to school and to care for an invalid girl, accompanied by a short biography of Johanna Spyri and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of optimism.