
Heidi
Author: Johanna Spyri
Narrator: Johanna Ward
Unabridged: 7 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 01/01/2006
Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories

Author: Johanna Spyri
Narrator: Johanna Ward
Unabridged: 7 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 01/01/2006
Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories
Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) was an author of children’s stories, and is best known for Heidi. She was born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland in 1827. As a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, where she would later set Heidi. She married in 1852, and her first story was published in 1871.
Johanna Ward (a.k.a. Kate Reading) is an Audie Award–winning narrator and has received numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine. She is also a theater actor in the Washington, DC, area and has been a member of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987. Her work onstage has been recognized by the Helen Hayes Awards Society, among others. She and her husband live in Hyattsville, Maryland, with their two children.
Penny loved the characters in this story— Heidi, Clara, Grandmama— as the top three. The ending when Clara came to stay with Heidi, and she was able to get stronger surprised and in Penny’s words “delighted her.” It reminded us of Secret Garden which made us want to reread that one again too…......more
“Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since its original publication in 1880…Spryi's story will never grow wearisome.” Amazon.com