Children of the Alps

by Johanna Spyri, Elisabeth P. Stork

Vintage juvenile fiction.

Genres: Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1925

About the author

Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of children's stories, best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an interesting book to review because it's very old.
I think it worth the read for kids and adults because now a lot of people don't read old books, and it's interesting to compare. They are many mentions of God and the Christian faith.
There are 3 stories in it.
The first is about a school teacher who comes to a tiny town in the alps and ends up helping the town and an outcast little boy named Chel.
The 2nd is about a woman who makes some bad choices by marrying a fitful soldier and this it tells her and her daughter's story.
The 3rd is about a little boy named Herbli who is sent away with his uncle who is a traveling musician. He is very talented and goes to live with a grandmother.
This book is so cool and is neat to just look at (I mean it was published in 1924!)

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very moralistic tales of good children (and children trying to be good). The messages are at times sweet, sometimes uncomfortably out of step with today's values. Interesting as a historical piece but I wouldn't read this to a younger child.

[Trudy Pomerantz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another book of light reading, though it is probably okay for preteen girls. Everything is rather too good to be true; do people really change 180 degrees just because of love? There appears to be a belief in the innate goodness of man if only he is placed in good circumstances.

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hi