Heidi (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Heidi 3 weeks ago.

• Heidi was first published in 1880. A classic tale of childhood joys and friendships, it has delighted and inspired generations of children.

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

• "Heidi" isFrom the old and pleasantly situated village of Mayenfeld, a delightful story for childrenfootpath winds through green and shady meadows to the foot of life inthe Alps, one of many tales written bymountains, which on this side look down from their stern and lofty heights upon the Swiss authoress, Johanna Spyri, who died in her home at Zurich in 1891.valley below.

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

• The pretty little Swiss town"Heidi" is a delightful story for children of Maienfeld lies atlife in the footAlps, one of a mountain range, whose grim rugged peaks tower high abovemany tales written by the valley below.Swiss authoress, Johanna Spyri, who died in her home at Zurich in 1891.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the contributors of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Lucy Coats: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Bob Blaisdell: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Susan Saunders: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Marc D. Falkoff: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Loretta Krupinski: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Sally Grindley: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Deidre S. Laiken: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Lesley Young: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Anne De Graaf: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: L. Spencer Humphrey: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Lisa R. Church: (Primary None)
• Edited a contributor: Jenny Thorne: (Primary None)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

Timothy Gray changed the title of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

Shelfari edited the summary of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

• Adelheid (final letter pronounced as a "t""t" sound), alias Heidi, is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. This has earned him the nickname Alp-Öhi ("Alp-grandfather"("Alp-grandfather" in the Graubünden dialect). He at first resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl manages to penetrate his harsh exterior and subsequently has a delightful stay with him and her best friend, young Peter the goat-herd.

  Dete returns three years later to bring Heidi to Frankfurt as a companion of a 12-year-old disabled girl named Clara Sesemann. Heidi spends a year with Clara, clashing repeatedly with the Sesemanns' strict housekeeper Miss Rottenmeier and becoming more and more homesick. Her one diversion is learning to read and write, motivated by her desire to go home and read to Peter's blind grandmother. Heidi's increasingly failing health and several instances of sleepwalking (it is implied that she has inherited a propensity to epilepsy from her mother) prompt Clara's doctor to send her home to her grandfather. Her return prompts the grandfather to descend to the village for the first time in years, marking an end to his seclusion.

  Heidi and Clara continue to write to each other. A visit by the doctor to Heidi and her grandfather convinces him to recommend that Clara journey to visit Heidi. Meanwhile, Heidi teaches Peter to read and write. Clara makes the journey the next season and spends a wonderful summer with Heidi. Clara becomes stronger on goat's milk and fresh mountain air, but Peter is jealous of Clara and pushes her wheelchair down the mountain to its destruction. Without her wheelchair, Clara attempts to walk and is gradually successful. Clara's Grandmother and Father are amazed and overcome with joy to see Clara walking. Clara's wealthy family promises to provide a shelter for Heidi, in case her grandfather will no longer be able to do so.

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 35 books, including Heidi, Monday, November 2 2009.

Timothy Gray edited the first sentence of Heidi Monday, November 2 2009.

• THE PRETTY LITTLE SWISS TOWNThe pretty little Swiss town of Maienfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range, whose grim rugged peaks tower high above the valley below.