Book Description Heidi is only five when she is taken to live high in the Alps with her unusual grandfather.  Despite his gruff ways， Heidi grows to love her Grandfather and their life together in the mountains.   Her happiness is shattered when her aunt takes her to Frankfurt， but she soon finds her way back home.  Discover one of the most charming heroines of all time in Johanna Spyri's classic novel. About the Author Johanna Spyri (1827-1901)， a lifelong resident of Switzerland， began to write stories to earn money for refugees from the Franco-Prussian War. Heidi， her first novel， was also her most successful， though she wrote many other children's books. Spyri's firm belief in the natural innocence of children and their ability to grow up into decent， caring adults if left to their own devices was remarkably similar to that of her Danish contemporary， Hans Christian Andersen."