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Story of Heidi


Picture Books

No. of pages 24

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Great for age 3-6 years
This is an evocative picture book based on the beloved classic tale and retold for younger children. Orphaned Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps and grows to love her mountain home. But when she is taken back to Frankfurt, her homesickness and newfound friendship with a girl in a wheelchair lead to an extraordinary turn of events. This title features illustrations taken from the popular "Young Reading" series.

 

This book is part of a book series called Picture Books .

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

This book contains the following story:

Heidi
After her parents die, Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss mountains with her bad-tempered old Grandfather. Heidi is scared but things are not as bad as they first appear. Every day she plays in the field with the friendly goat boy and at the end of each she eats her grandfather's delicious cheese and bread and drinks his creamy goats milk. Then she climbs into the hayloft and falls asleep under the stars. One day her aunt returns and demands that Heidi return with her to the city as a companion to a crippled girl, Clara. Heidi likes Clara but she pines for her life with her grandfather and Clara's family worry about her. One day they take both Clara and Heidi to the mountain home for a visit. Clara is so delighted with the village that she is allowed to stay with Heidi and her grandfather. Every day Clara and Heid play in the field with the friendly goat boy, Peter, and at the end of each they eat grandfather's delicious cheese and bread and drink his creamy goats milk. But Peter is jealous and pushes Clara's wheelchair down the mountain. Clara is forced to learn to walk. When her parents return to collect her they are overjoyed at her progress.

This book is in the following series:

Picture Books

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