Spyri, Johanna 1827-1901 creator author. Dole, Helen R. translator. Tierney, Jim illustrator. text nyu 2024 2024 monographic eng ger 385 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm When the young, orphaned Heidi can no longer live with her aunt, she is sent to stay with her ill-tempered grandfather who lives alone in the Swiss Alps. The townspeople worry that such a young girl has been left with a bad-tempered hermit. But Heidi thrives in the mountains and loves living with her grandfather. She is happiest playing with the mountain goats, picking wildflowers, and making friends. Then Heidi is taken away to serve as a companion for a lonely woman. Will she ever get back to the people and the mountains she loves so much? juvenile Johanna Spyri ; TRANSLATED BY HELEN B. DOLE ; ILLUSTRATED BY JIM TIERNEY Translated from the German. Orphans Juvenile fiction Grandfathers Juvenile literature Friendship Juvenile literature Villages Switzerland Juvenile fiction Children's stories, German Translations into English Alps, Swiss (Switzerland) Juvenile fiction 833.914 9781454957348 PPAK 251130 20251201113511.0 eng