Heidi

Also known as Heidi's years of learning and travel, Heidi makes use of what she has learned

thumb|upright|1880 first edition title page

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Author: Spyri, Johanna
First published: 1885
Editions: 180
Subjects: Johanna Spyri, Children, Grades 3-4, Children's, Kid's, Juvenile, Adult, Fiction

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Key facts

Book.name: Heidi
Book.image: Spyri Heidi Cover 1887.jpg
Book.caption: The cover of an 1887 published edition
Book.author: Johanna Spyri
Book.title_orig: Heidi: Her Years of Neverending Learning Heidi: How She Used What She Learned
Book.translator: Helen Bennett Dole
Book.country: Germany

Article

16 sections

Contents

Plot
Characters
Translations
Basis for ''Heidi''
Adaptations
Film and television
Theatre
Computer games
Heidiland
Sequels
Literary
Film
Reception
See also
References
External links

thumb|upright|1880 first edition title page

Heidi ( , ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning () and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned () by Friedrich Andreas Perthes of Gotha. It is a novel about the events in the life of a five-year-old girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle).