What makes ‘Heidi’ a must-read children’s book?

            Do you dream of playing on the green and beautiful mountains sometimes? Then you will just enjoy the cute story of Heidi, the mountain girl from Switzerland.

            ‘Heidi’ is a two volume novel written by Johanna Spyri. It is by far the most popular piece of Swiss literature ever written, and has been translated from German into 50 languages, been filmed more than a dozen times, and more than 50 million copies of ‘Heidi’ books have been sold world-wide.

            This charming story is about an orphaned girl named Heidi who is sent away from her aunt to live with her grand-father in the Alps Mountains in Switzerland. Heidi’s grandfather is a cold hearted and mean man at the beginning.

            However, as they get to know each other, the love between Heidi and her grandfather, grows so strong, that they cannot be separated. Life in the mountains is perfect, and it all seems too good to be true, till Heidi is suddenly taken away from her beloved grandfather and her favourite mountains, and sent to Frankfurt.

            Heidi hates the hustle of city life. She can’t get over her homesickness and longs for the mountains where everything is green and fresh.

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