Johanna Spyri 
Heidi 

Heidi  is a work of children’s fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as 
Heidi: her years of wandering and learning  and 
Heidi : How she used what she learned.  It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather’s care, in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book ’for children and those who love children’ .


Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.[