Heidi
By: by Johanna Spyri ; retold by Sally Grindley ; illustrated by Pamela Venus.
Contributors: Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901.; Venus, Pamela, ill.
Series: Dorling Kindersley classics
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; DK CHILDREN
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Grandfathers -- Fiction; Mountain life -- Switzerland -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Switzerland -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Notes: Includes an audio tape featuring a reading of the text with special effects and music.