About the Book: Heidi
Heidi, a little Swiss orphan girl is taken by her Aunt Detie to live with her
'eccentric grandfather. His home is high up on the mountain slopes. Grandfather
and Heidi get on very well together, and she settles happily into her new home.
She spends many enjoyable hours up on the high pastures with Peter, who looks
after the villagers goats. She also very much enjoys visiting Peters blind
grandmother. Three years later, her Aunt Detie, who is working in Frankfurt,
Germany, comes to see her. She takes Heidi to live in Frankfurt as a companion
to a twelve-year-old girl called Clara Sesemann