Heidi : a timeless story of childhood /
by Johanna Spyri ; adapted by Lucy Coats ; illustrated by Pamela Venus.
- 1st American ed.
- New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.
- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- Dorling Kindersley classic readers .
Paperback
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.