Heidi: Child of the Mountains (open access)

Heidi: Child of the Mountains

Adapted and abridged version of Heidi written by Johanna Spyri and illustrated by Steffie Lerch. The front cover is an illustration of Heidi standing in a grassy field dotted with flowers. In one hand she is holding a small bouquet of flowers in one hand behind her back with her other hand held over her eyes. At the back of the field is is a brown house. Behind the house is the sun on the horizon next to some mountains. The title page has the title of the book, the author's and illustrator's names and the name of the publishing company. In the center of the page is another illustration. It shows Heidi lying in a field with flowers and plants feeding a goat some grass. Resting on one of the plants is a bird. On the inside of the book are more colored illustrations. The first page has a full page and a half illustration of Heidi with her aunt, Dete, walking down a road leading up to a house. Outside of the house is a field of hay lined by a fence and tall evergreen trees behind the house. In the background are more trees and mountains. Other …
Date: 1950
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heidi (open access)

Heidi

Whitman Classics (1955) edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri with illustrations by Janet Smalley. The front cover has an illustration of Heidi standing barefoot on a patch of grass and flowers wearing a dirndl laced at the front. In her apron she is holding a batch of picked flowers. Tied around her hair is a floral patterned scarf. On the left is a goat kid looking at her flowers. In the background of the cover is a pink bas with white flowers, possibly edelweiss. At the top of the cover is a dark green stripe with the title of the book and the author's name. On the spine, the stripe continues but with just the title written in white text. The pink and flowers also continues along with the book's publisher and edition. The inside of the cover is a bright light green with cream colored fleur de lis. The illustrated pages of the book are colored with the same green as the interior cover and black. One illustration accompanying a passage has a young man standing in a field of grass surrounded by seven goats. Behind him is a small house bordered by a fence behind it. Off to …
Date: 1955
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
System: The UNT Digital Library