Heidi

by Sally Grindley (Adaptation), Johanna Spyri

Children love to listen to stories and now their favorite DK children's books are available in convenient book and CD packages. With more than 60 minutes of audio on each CD, these packages will be favorites of children and parents alike.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

I came into children's books originally as Editorial Director of a nationwide children's book club, though I had written and directed a children's play while a student at Sussex University, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. I wrote my first two children's picture books in 1984 and was lucky enough that Anthony Browne wanted to illustrate the second - Knock Knock Who's There? It was published in 1985, is still going strong today and is one of my most successful.

Shhh! was published in 1991 and has known great success in France/Belgium in particular (close on 300,000 copies sold). It's success in the UK - it won the Children's Book Award - was hampered by the liquidation of its original publisher.

I became a full-time author in 1995 and now have some 150+ titles published, the most recent being L'Histoire du Soir in France, Belgium and Italy.

Feather Wars, published in 2003, was my first sortie into young fiction and was followed by the very successful Spilled Water, which has been published in some ten different languages and is very popular in schools as a class reader. It won the Nestle Smarties Gold Award (and I wound up being a 'Pointless' answer on the back of it!) Broken Glass came next and was a Sunday Times Book of the Week.

I'm currently working on picture books again and have plans to illustrate one of my own in the not too distant future - watch this space!

Reviews

[Keri Rohr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heidi is a wonderful historical fiction book for grades 4-5. Heidi is set in the Swiss Alps and in Frankfurt, Germany during the time of the depression. I absolutely loved reading this book and reading about the kind little girl named Heidi. I like how the book had little texts on the side to further explain some pieces of the text that refer back to the time that the story is set.

[Ramona]

This book has good word choice as well as organization. The story flows in a logical sequence. It has lots of key details that helps with the story. Word choice helps in understanding the characters' expression. The story is about a young girl who is cared for by her grandfather. The main theme is love. However there are other themes such as nature and simplicity. It is a great book for upper elementary students. This book is great for building on character traits in understanding the characters in the story and understanding their roles as the story progresses, comprehension skills, cause and effect. Word choice also helps with expressing feelings, description of character and places. Conventions of Standard English is also prominent. Grades 3 - 7; reading level: 3.8