Johanna Spyri
(1827 - 1901)
Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children’s stories, and is best known for her book Heidi.
Born in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
Bibliography
Best in Children’s Books Volume 41 (1961)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Lewis Carroll
Rudyard Kipling
Johanna Spyri
Et al
Robin Jacques
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Maurice Sendak
Et al
Children Everywhere (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about children around the world for older readers.
Rachel Field
Robert Frost
Sterling North
Johanna Spyri
Et al
Kate Seredy
Louis Slobodkin
Hilda van Stockum
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 4 (1962)
Eighteen stories set in different countries.
Marie McSwigan
L. M. Montgomery
Johanna Spyri
Edith Unnerstad
Hilda van Stockum
Et al
Maurice Sendak
Louis Slobodkin
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Heidi (1922)
This is the well loved story of a little Swiss orphan who goes to live in the mountains with her grandfather, her exile in the big city and her return home. Originally published by David McKay it was added to the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics in 1958. Read online at archive.org.
Heidi (1923)
The orphaned Heidi goes to live in the Swiss mountains with her grandfather. Read online at archive.org.
Heidi (1924)
The story of an orphan who goes to live with her grandfather in the high alpine pastures.
Frank Schoonover
Heidi (1927)
An orphan goes to live in the high pastures of Switzerland with her grandfather.
Heidi (1958)
This is the well loved story of a little Swiss orphan who goes to live in the mountains with her grandfather, her exile in the big city and her return home. Originally published by David McKay it was added to the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics in 1958.
Read online at archive.org.