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This classic tale of a remarkable, unaffected five-year-old orphan will charm you, just as Heidi charms her fierce, hermit grandfather when she comes to live with him in the Swiss Alps.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri, read by Gemma Whelan. Little Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps, and she quickly learns to love her new life. But her strict aunt decides to send her away again to live in the town. Heidi cannot bear being away from the mountains and is determined to return to the happiness of life with her grandfather.

When Heidi, a lively orphan girl, goes to live with her grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps she soon learns to live in perfect harmony with her surroundings, leading a carefree life with her constant companion, Peter, a young goatherd. But her happiness is short-lived when she is sent to stay with a rich city family as a companion for the sick Clara. Although she becomes fond of the older girl, Heidi is terribly homesick.

Filled with the power of love and the beauty of nature, Heidi is a lyrical tale about a little girl sent to live in the mountains of the Swiss Alps with her grandfather. A grumpy recluse, her grandfather has isolated himself from his fellow townspeople and his church. In very little time, Heidi warms his heart; and she quickly charms the whole town and makes new friends, including young Peter, the goatherd. But when Heidi is sent away again to care for a young girl her own age, she must grow wise beyond her years.

First published in 1881, the subtitle of this book tells us that it was written “for children and those who love children”. Heidi, a 5-year-old orphan, is handed off by her young Aunt Dete to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Though her new life is foreign, Heidi soon falls in love with her grandfather, and he with her. They share a contented life of goat-herding. But when Grandfather refuses to allow Heidi to attend school in the small village below, quarrels ensue.

Jan Francis reads Johanna Spyri's classic tale of the adventures of a little Swiss girl. Ever since her mother died, Heidi has been looked after by her aunt Dete. But now Dete is moving to Frankfurt, and Heidi must go and live with her grandfather in a hut high up in the Swiss mountains. There she meets Peter the goatherd and his blind grandmother, and the three become great friends. Heidi loves her new, carefree life - but then her aunt returns to take her away from everyone she loves.

Unassuming in plot and style, Heidi may none the less lay claim to rank as a world classic. In the first place, both background and characters ring true. The air of the Alps is wafted to us in every moment; the house among the pines, the meadows, and the eagle poised above the naked rocks form a picture that no one could willingly forget. And the people, from the kindly towns-folk to the quaint and touching peasant types, are as real as any representation of human nature need be. Every goat even, has its personality.

Moni, the goat boy, was a very cheerful young man who loved his job and his flock with all his heart. When young Paula first encounter's Moni's jubilant nature and happy song, she is captivated by his joy and becomes his friend. Moni spends each day up in the mountains with the goats and has a particularly special attachment to a kid named Maggerli. One day, Moni runs into a boy from another village who has discovered a beautiful diamond cross and the boy tells Moni that if he keeps his secret about the gross, he will buy Maggerli for Moni to save her from death.

Orphaned Heidi lives with her gruff but caring grandfather on the side of Swiss mountain, where she befriends young Peter the goat-herd. She leads an idyllic life, until she is forced to leave the mountain she has always known to go and live with a sickly girl in the city. Will Heidi ever see her grandfather again? A classic tale of a young girl's coming-of-age, of friendship, and familial love, Heidi has inspired countless dramatic versions, both on TV and in film.

Orphaned at an early age, the young girl Heidi finds a home high in the Swiss Alps with her reclusive grandfather. There, each glorious day is filled with discovery, adventure and the friendship of a gentle goat boy, Peter. But when Heidi is sent away from her mountain paradise to a large, cold city, she is determined to find a way to return to the place she loves. For generations, children around the world have fallen under the spell of this small alpine girl. Heidi is the heartwarming story of an exuberant child’s goodness, courage, and love.

Toni loses his father at a young age, and his mother, Elsbeth, is tasked with trying to provide for her son in the country all by herself. Toni discovers a passion for wood-carving, but circumstances do not allow him to pursue this line of work, and he instead finds himself as a herdsman up in the mountains. This life doesn't agree well with little Toni, and he falls ill and winds up in a sanitarium. He does not get better until he is reunited with his mother and all at once life for Toni and Elsbeth takes a positive turn thanks to the help of another patient in the sanitarium.

At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone on the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and the birds. But one terrible day Heidi is collected by her aunt and made to live with a new family in the town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather; can she find her way back up the mountain, where she belongs?

"Al abrir los ojos, un rayo de sol dorado penetraba por la ventana e iluminaba, como si fuera oro, todo cuanto la rodeaba. Heidi miró a su alrededor, sorprendida, porque no se acordaba de dónde estaba. Pero al oír la voz grave de su abuelo, todo volvió a su memoria: el viaje, la llegada a la montaña, y a la casa, donde se quedaría a vivir ahora." Heidi es la historia de una pequeña huérfana que, a los cinco años, es dejada bajo el cuidado de su viejo abuelo. En seguida aprenderá de la tranquila vida en las montañas suizas, lejos de la ciudad y la muchedumbre, y rodeada de naturaleza y vida.

This beloved Swiss children's tale has been beloved by generations of children and adults. Orphan Heidi's life in the Alps with her grandfather, Peter the goatherd, and her friendship with Klara, her invalid playmate, is both poignant and heartwarming.

Die alte Waschkäthe saß in ihrem Stübchen im einsamen Berghüttchen und schaute nachdenklich auf ihre gekrümmten Hände, die sie vor sich auf die Knie gelegt hatte. Bis der letzte Abendschein hinter den fernen Waldhöhen verglommen war, hatte sie fleißig an ihrem Spinnrad gearbeitet. Jetzt hatte sie es ein wenig beiseite gerückt, die Hände mussten müde sein, die so gekrümmt und abgearbeitet aussahen.

„Wo Gritlis Kinder hingekommen sind“ sind Geschichten für Kinder und solche, die Kinder lieb haben von, der Schweizer Jugendschriftstellerin und die Schöpferin der bekannten Romanfigur Heidi, Johanna Spyri (1827-1901). Die Bücher um Gritli und deren Kinder gehören zu den ganz großen Klassikern der Schweizer Autorin.

Gritlis Kinder kommen weiter ist eine Geschichte für Kinder und auch für solche, die Kinder lieb haben, aus dem Jahr 1888 von Johanna Spyri, die vor allem durch ihre Heidi-Romane bekannt wurde. Der Winter war vorüber. Wieder waren die Frühsommerrosen aufgegangen und rankten hoch hinauf an dem schönen Landhause am Rhein. In allen Beeten des Gartens blühten und glühten sie im lichten Sonnenschein, und weithin über alle Wege war süßer Rosenduft ausgegossen.

Johanna Spyri ist vor allem durch die „Heidi“ Romane bekannt. Wie Heidi ist auch die Erzählung von „Moni der Geißbub“ eine Heimatverbunde Geschichte. Inhalt: Der Moni fühlt sich wohl / Monis Leben auf dem Berg / Ein Besuch / Moni kann nicht mehr singen / Moni singt wieder Um zu dem Badehaus Fideris zu gelangen, muss man steil und lang die Höhe hinaufsteigen, nachdem man die Straße verlassen hat, die sich durch das lange Tal des Prättigau nach oben schlängelt.

Beim Weiden-Joseph ist eine Erzählung aus dem Jahr 1886 von Johanna Spyri. Der Weiden-Joseph hatte einen einzigen Sohn, den Sepp, der immer ein gutmütiger, aber ein wenig leichtsinniger und unsteter Mensch gewesen war. Wo er sich jetzt aufhielt, wussten die alten Eltern selbst nicht, schon seit sechs Jahren war er fort von daheim und hatte während der Zeit wenig von sich hören lassen.

First published in 1881, the subtitle of the book reads "It was written as a book "for children and those who love children." Heidi, as a 5-year-old orphan, has been handed off by her young aunt, Dete, to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The story follows her life as she falls in love with her grandfather and he with her and the life of goat-herding that they share.