[.ca] Heidi (ISBN 0486412350)

From Amazon.com:
Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in this beautifully bound hardcover edition. Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since it's original publication in 1880. Much more than a children's story, the narrative is also a lesson on the precarious nature of freedom, a luxury too often taken for granted. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she is ripped away from the tranquility of the mountains to tend to a sick cousin in the city. Happily, all's well that ends well, and the reader is left with only warm, fuzzy thoughts. Spryi's story will never grow wearisome--and this is a very appealing edition. --Naomi Gesinger

Shaena at Richview Middle School:
At the begining of this book Heidi is taken up the moutain to her grandfather's house by her cousin Detie. The first few days that she's there she meets Peter.Peter is always talking about his grannieso finally Heidi goes to meet her. A little ways through this book Heidi's cousin Detie comes and takes her away to live with Clara,a young pralysed girl in the city. heidi becomes very sick while she's here and and starts to sleep walk. Clara decides that Heidi should go home. Well, while Heidi was at Clara's they grew to have a strong frienship. Clara comes to visit Heidi in the mountains. While Clara is there Heidi teaches Clara how to walk. Clara sees how happy Heidi is in the mountains and lets her stay.Clara goes back home and Heidi gets to stay in the mountains with Grandfather,Peter,Grannie,etc.. i liked this book because as I thought before I read it, it reminded me of my life. If my friends were to ask about this book I would tell them that it's a great selectionif they like life journey. My friends probably wouldn't like this book because they like horror stories. This book makes you hungry to live in the mountains.

Heidi .... it's just great:
Heidi is very exciting. She is very outgoing and adventurous. She gets sent to the Alm Mts. with her grumpy old grandfather. She shows him how to be nice and friendly. She meets a boy named Peter and they become good friends. He then shows her his family. Heidi meets his grandmother and falls in love with her and everything that she does. She then gets sent to a weird house.She soon came home. This book is recommended for all ages to be read to or read by you! Why am I telling you this go read it for your self!!!

Call Of The Alps:
I encountered Heidi through TV animation series "Heidi__the Girl In The Alps" with Hayao Miyasaki involved. So reading this story makes me flash back the scenes of the TV series vividly. It is truly heartwarming and is based on real-life situation during late 19th century. While the Sound of Music is another excellent story on Austrian side of the Alps this is unrivalled Swiss side Alps story. Heidi is really a nice pure girl softening the mind of the Aunt Alps who is known as reserved person and eventually heals the Clara who has been confined to the wheelchair. The well-known Ghost story is truly showing well how seriously Heidi has suffered from homesickness and how strong the pull of the Alps life had been to Heidi. While during 19th century abuse of the children was the concern of the society. This surely was a source of hope for deprived children just like Heidi. Such dynamic reversal of the situation is what this story makes great not just for children but for adults as well. Major complaints for Children's classic are 1.Description of Alps life. Maybe Miyasaki's research has been far better than the writer so TV animation series is more exact I think. Spyri's description lack the fierceness of the nature to take some balance. 2. Peter's jealously is weak as a plot and last part's asking for repentence is a bit of dull. But even with that this is a wonderful original story for Heidi the TV series that has been rerun in Europe. Heidi's constant anxiety whether Peter's Gramma is still alive is the part I like most. Readers should share Heidi's anxiety I am sure.

A Very Special Book:
This was my mother's favorite book. She was often not well and was a voracious reader. As an only child, I, too devoured books as fast as I could find them. My house then, as now, is a tribute to the written word. I was named after the book, so naturally I read it numerous times, dreaming that I was the heidi in the book, running through the alpine meadows...basking in the grouchy love of my gradfather..being one with the surroundings. It's such a sweet book..a book of love and hope and overcoming all odds for the ones you love. How can you not love it! I always fantasized about finding my own Peter to live happily ever after with...running through fields, well, you get the idea.... Alas, the only Peter I ever found was a long-haul trucker with deprived teeth, seven piercings (two in places I cannot attest to) and tattoos from head to toe who played Aerosmith and Waylon Jennings as loud as he could. My God! My price has come!. Well, NOT!. Ah well. The search continues! By all means read the book to your children..or to yourself. It's worth the effort. It's nice to read books that leave you with a smile on your face.

A Book that Endures Forever:
Heidi is one of the first books I read as a youngster. I can still recall the wonderful description of life in the mountainous Alps with her beloved grandfather. Then to be taken to a less happy home, away from the mountains, and to share in Heidi's daily-life experiences and page-turning adventures holds attention to the very end of the book, which ends happily, much to the reader's relief. Heidi is a character all young girls should get to know...