Description: Heidi Story Book - Hardcover - 263 pages Pre-Owned - Some tape on cover jacket - see pics Inscribed/writing on front page Classic story with attached blue satin bookmark Some black and white charming illustrations by Scott McKowen Thanks for Shopping ! Item Ships from Los Angeles, California All Reasonable Offers will be Considered What happens when a little orphan girl is forced to live with her cold and frightening grandfather? The heartwarming answer has engaged children for more than a century, both on the page and on the screen. Johanna Spyri’s beloved story offers youngsters an endearing and intelligent heroine, a cast of unique and memorable characters, and a fascinatingportrait of a small Alpine village. Reviews: 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 GesingeFrom Publishers WeeklyThis truncated retelling of orphan Heidi's simple life in the Swiss Alps and her sojourn in the big city seems almost as indebted to the Shirley Temple film as to Johanna Spyri's 1880 novel. Krupinski's (A New England Scrapbook) heroine mimics Temple, curls, button nose and all, though she lacks the actress's expressive smile and gestures. Similarly blank-faced characters contrast with Krupinski's serene, lushly idealized landscape paintings: the people seem like wax dolls, but the glowing blankets of flowers make the Alps heaven on earth. The text emphasizes the sensual joys of fresh goat's milk, fir trees "with their piney scent," Heidi's sweet-smelling bed in her grandfather's hay loft, etc., but that is its only demonstrable strength. Both Heidi's relationship with her grandfather and the idealized subplot about wheelchair-bound Klara's learning to walk are woodenly described; little space is given to dialogue and even less to Heidi's emotions. The plot, too, is severely condensed: "Many more good things happened after that day." The book succeeds as a portrayal of the joys of mountain life, but otherwise fails to do justice to Spyri's story of a girl's courage and persistence. Ages 5-9.
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Location: Los Angeles, California
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Book Title: Heidi
Book Series: n/a
Original Language: English
Item Length: 6.5 in.
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Unit Type: Unit
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 8.25 in.
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Satin Bookmark
Unit Quantity: 1
Topic: Children's Story, Classic, Parenting
Item Width: 1 in.
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Young Adults
Edition: n/a
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Short Stories
Literary Movement: n/a
Illustrator: Scott McKowen
Era: 2000s
Author: Johanna Spyri
Genre: Children & Young Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Item Weight: 20+ 0z.
Number of Pages: 263
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