When Heidi s Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone s surprise, the two grow to love each otherand Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri s charming storyand spirited heroinehave won children s hearts for more than a century."

Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl's power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It has been filmed and televised several times.

It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains. When she is sent to live in a city, comic chaos ensues, and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains. Together she and her friend Peter, the goat-herd, achieve wondrous changes in the community in which they live.

When five year old Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather high up in the Alps, no one really knows how they will get on.

Even though her grandfather can be fierce, Heidi loves it up in the beautiful Alps, playing with the goats and birds.

But when her strict aunt decides that she must leave her mountain home, Heidi is determined to return to her happy life with her grandfather.