The beloved childhood classic by Johanna Spyri is now available in a new edition, retold by Jeanne Willis and read by Juliet Stevenson.When five-year-old orphan Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss Alps with grumpy Grandpa, the rest of the village take pity on her. But Heidi soon discovers that her grandpa is gentle and kind behind his scowl, and she loves her new life running wild in the mountains with the goats, the flowers and her best friend Peter. That is, until Heidi is forced to move far away to the soot and smoke of Frankfurt to be the companion to an unwell girl. Will she ever return to her true home in the mountains?A beautiful retelling for young children by award-winning author Jeanne WillisDiscover more beautiful gift books in the Nosy Crow Classic range including The Velveteen Rabbit and Peter PanJeanne Willis.Illustration copyright: Briony May Smith 2019
This is Book 3 in the Nosy Crow Classics Series. See all Nosy Crow Classics books here.
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Jeanne Willis Biography
Author Jeanne Willis has written over 80 children's books from picture books and stories for younger readers to teen novels. She has won several awards, including the Children's Book Award, the Silver Smarties Prize and has also been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.
Born in St Albans in 1959, Jeanne Willis always loved
Briony May Smith studied illustration at Falmouth College, where she caught the eye of Flying Eye Books and her first picture book, Imelda and the Goblin King, was snapped up straight away! She currently works and lives in Sandhurst, England.
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