Books with author Johanna Spyri

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.Quotes from the book:“I'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.”“God certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have patience and not run away.”“We must never forget to pray, and to ask God to remember us when He is arranging things, so that we too may feel safe and have no anxiety about what is going to happen.”Readers' reviews:“Great book, wonderful classic” (ElectricHarpsichord)“This book is very beautiful - everything about it - the setting, the story, the way the author writes it, it is pure beauty.” (Gina Marie Bertaina)“First book I ever read. I got it for Xmas and was forever hooked on reading books.” (Betty, goodreads.com)

Day after day there were the same cloudless sky and the brilliant sun; the flowers opened wide their fragrant blossoms, and everywhere the eye was greeted with a glow of color; and when evening came the crimson light fell on mountain peaks and on the great snowfield, till at last the sun sank in a sea of golden flame.Heidi is only five when she is taken to live high in the Alps with her unusual grandfather. Despite his gruff ways, Heidi grows to love Grandfather and their simple life together in the beautiful mountains. Her happiness is shattered when she is sent to live in a strange city, but she soon finds her way back home. Discover one of the most charming heroines of all time in Johanna Spyri's classic novel.

from the foreward - "Was it prophetic, perhaps, that the last chapter of Heidi should have been entitled "Parting to Meet Again"? Now, years afterwards, when the first enraptured readers of the first book have grandchildren of their own, the curtain is rolled back and we DO meet again the little girl we left so long ago in the hut on the mountainside together with all her friends, and remain close to them while Heidi grows to lovely womanhood fulfilling all the sweet promises of her early years."

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