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Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri, Fiction, Family
Contributor(s): Spyri, Johanna (Author), Brooks, Louise (Translator)

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 ISBN: 1598189212     ISBN-13: 9781598189216
Publisher: Aegypan
OUR PRICE: $11.35  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2006
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Annotation: "Dear child," she said now, in a voice which trembled with anxiety and affection, "you know that you are too tired to go out in the morning; but this afternoon, perhaps, we will go down to the river. Will not that be better, my darling?"

"Oh, yes, I suppose so," sighed the child; but though she said no more, she did not turn her eyes away from the blooming roses and the waving leaves below her.

"Oh, it is so beautiful down there! Do let me go out, mamma!"
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 9-12
Grade Level: 4-7
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.49 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Central Europe
 
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"Dear child," she said now, in a voice which trembled with anxiety and affection, "you know that you are too tired to go out in the morning; but this afternoon, perhaps, we will go down to the river. Will not that be better, my darling?"

"Oh, yes, I suppose so," sighed the child; but though she said no more, she did not turn her eyes away from the blooming roses and the waving leaves below her.

"Oh, it is so beautiful down there Do let me go out, mamma "

Contributor Bio(s): Spyri, Johanna: - "Johanna Louise Spyri, née Heusser (1827 - 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. In 1852, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard was a lawyer. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. Her first story, A Note on Vrony's Grave, which deals with a woman's life of domestic violence, was published in 1880; the following year further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the novel Heidi, which she wrote in four weeks. Heidi is the story of an orphan girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps and is famous for its vivid portrayal of the landscape."
 
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