Johanna Spyri: 174 books

Adelheid ("Heidi") is a girl who has been raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland after the early deaths of her parents, Tobias and Adelheid (Dete's sister and brother-in-law). Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather (her father's father), who has been at odds with the...

In the translation of "Heimatlos" an effort has been made to hold as far as possible to the original, in order to give the reader of English the closest possible touch with the story as it stands in the German. This method retains the author's delightful simplicity, and it leaves revealed, even in her...

For three days the Spring sun had been shining out of a clear sky and casting a gleaming, golden coverlet over the blue waters of Lake Geneva. Storm and rain had ceased. The breeze murmured softly and pleasantly up in the ash-trees, and all around in the green fields the yellow buttercups and snow-white...

Classic / British English Heidi lives with her grandfather in his little wooden house, high up in the mountains of Switzerland. One day Heidi’s aunt arrives and takes her to Clara’s home in Frankfurt. Heidi likes her new friend, but she doesn’t like living in a big house in the city. Can she go back to her home in the mountains?

On a bright June morning two figures—one a tall girl and the other a child—could be seen climbing a narrow mountain path that winds up from the pretty village of Mayenfeld, to the lofty heights of the Alm mountain. In spite of the hot June sun the child was clothed as if to keep off the bitterest...

This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 illustrated chapters. This format is ideal for bilingual education - people learning English as a second language (ESL),  English Language Learners (ELL), people of any age intending to improve reading skills and students for whom the original...

Heidi Picture Book Part 1 First published June 2007 Heidi on the alp Aunt Betty brings Heidi to her grandfather on the alp where she meets Peter and learns what life is like in winter in the mountains. She often visits Peter's blind grandmother and is very happy living with Uncle Alp....

Another delightful story from the author of Heidi. The book follows life of a young boy Moni who looks after all the goats belonging to the people of a small Swiss village. He loves to sing, yodel, and whistle while playing with his goats. One day Moni's best friend Mäggerli reveals a dark secret and...

Un classique indémodable de la littérature enfantine Heidi est une petite fille orpheline qui a perdu ses parents lorsque elle était très jeune, et qui a été élevée par sa Tante Dette. Mais un jour, sa Tante décide de tenter sa chance et de partir travailler en ville, et confie Heidi)...

Heidi a young orphan girl is sent to live with her grumpy old grandfather in the Swiss Alps. She enjoys her new life with new friends, especially Peter who looks after the goats.  Heidi's lively spirit and loving ways endear her to those around her.  She cares deeply about other people...

It was early in the month of March. The dark blue vault of heaven lay over mountain and valley, swept free from clouds by the keen northern blast as it blew across the hills, swaying the big trees hither and thither as if they were bulrushes, and now and then tearing off huge branches which fell crashing to the ground. Other and sadder victims were sacrificed to this fierce north wind...

Rico was almost nine years old, and had been to school for two winters. Up there in the mountains there was no school in the summer-time; for then the teacher had his field to cultivate, and his hay and wood to cut, like everybody else, and nobody had time to think of going to school. This was not a...