Heidi (Classic Starts)
Illustrator
Jamel Akib
Publisher
Sterling
Publication Year
2007
ISBN
9781402736919
Pages
160 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Heidi's Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone's surprise, the two grow to love each other - and Heidi blossoms in her new home.
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Lexile Measure
630L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Kinship care; Legal guardianship; Physical disabilty; grandfather raising grandchild; aunt raising niece; child living with relatives; wheelchair user; mobility; paralysis; paraplegia
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
German
Family Formation
grandfather and aunt
Keywords
swiss; mountains; cabin; grandfather; Germany; villagers; friendship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Spyri, Johanna and Church, Lisa, "Heidi (Classic Starts)" (2007). Diverse Families. 1645.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1645