Johanna Spyri

Adapted from the classic book by Johanna Spyri, this historical fiction book retells the classic story of Heidi. A student who forgot to complete her reading assignment texts back and forth with a friend as she reads Heidi. Students will enjoy this illustrated fiction reader that features compelling text, grade-appropriate vocabulary, and chapter format to build reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. This hi-lo reader is perfect for students...

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 other-and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri's charming story-and spirited heroine-have won children's hearts for more than a century. When Heidi's Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter,...

It was early in the month of March. The dark blue vault of heaven lay over mountain and valley, swept free from clouds by the keen northern blast as it blew across the hills, swaying the big trees hither and thither as if they were bulrushes, and now and then tearing off huge branches which fell crashing to the ground. Other and sadder victims were sacrificed to this fierce north wind...

Another delightful story from the author of Heidi. The book follows life of a young boy Moni who looks after all the goats belonging to the people of a small Swiss village. He loves to sing, yodel, and whistle while playing with his goats. One day Moni's best friend Mäggerli reveals a dark secret and asks Moni not to tell anyone. This puts Moni himself into a fairly difficult situation. Will he keep his friend's secret?

For three days the Spring sun had been shining out of a clear sky and casting a gleaming, golden coverlet over the blue waters of Lake Geneva. Storm and rain had ceased. The breeze murmured softly and pleasantly up in the ash-trees, and all around in the green fields the yellow buttercups and snow-white daisies glistened in the bright sunshine. Under the ash-trees, the clear brook was running with the cool mountain water and feeding the gaily nodding...

The sun was shining so brightly through the foremost windows of the old schoolhouse in Upper Wood, that the children of the first and second classes appeared as if covered with gold. They looked at one another, all with beaming faces, partly because the sun made them appear so, and partly for joy; for when the sunshine came through the last window, then the moment approached that the closing word would be spoken, and the children could rush out into...

Heidi AudioBook, part 2: In Grandfather's House

Moni, the goat boy, was a very cheerful young man who loved his job and his flock with all his heart. When young Paula first encounter's Moni's jubilant nature and happy song, she is captivated by his joy and becomes his friend. Moni spends each day up in the mountains with the goats and has a particularly special attachment to a kid named Maggerli. One day, Moni runs into a boy from another village who has discovered a beautiful diamond cross and...

Heidi loves living with her grandfather, high in the mountains. But then her aunt arrives to drag her off to the stifling city. "I'll never forget Grandfather, " Heidi promises herself. "One day I'll come back to him."