Read-along
Heidi
Up the mountain on a June morning to the grandfather the whole village is afraid of.
- Next cohort
- Next cohort 12 June
- Length
- Length 23 days
Heidi came out in two parts, in 1880 and 1881, and has hardly been out of print since. It begins on a hot June morning, when a little girl in two dresses and a red shawl is marched up the mountain above Mayenfeld by an aunt with a new place to go to, and left with a grandfather who lives at enmity with God and man. What follows is a book about where a child belongs: the hayloft, the goats, the blind grandmother in the hut below, and the long way from all of them to a grand house in Frankfurt. Twenty-three chapters, one a day, from Spyri's birthday.
Read one big book alongside other readers, a day at a time. Cohorts set off on the date above.
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Day by day
- Day 1. Going Up to the Alm-UncleJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 2. With the GrandfatherJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 3. On the PastureJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 4. In the Grandmother's HutJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 5. Two VisitorsJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 6. A New Chapter with New ThingsJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 7. Miss Rottenmeier Has an Uncomfortable DayJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 8. Great Disturbances in the Sesemann HouseJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 9. The Master of the House Hears of Strange DoingsJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 10. A GrandmamaJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 11. Heidi Gains in Some Respects and Loses in OthersJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 12. The Sesemann House Is HauntedJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 13. Up the Alp on a Summer EveningJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 14. On Sunday When the Church Bells RingJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 15. Preparations for a JourneyJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 16. A Guest on the AlpJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 17. RetaliationJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 18. Winter in the VillageJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 19. Winter Still ContinuesJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 20. News from Distant FriendsJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 21. Of Further Events on the AlpJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 22. Something Unexpected HappensJohanna Spyri, 20 min
- Day 23. Parting to Meet AgainJohanna Spyri, 20 min