"Lienert, Arnold Ott, Carl Spitteler, Fritz Marti, Walther Siegfried, Adolf Frey, Hermann Hesse, Jakob Christoph Heer, Joseph Victor Widmann, and Gottfried Strasser. Isabella Kaiser wrote poems and stories. Johanna Spyri is famous for her children's stories including ""Heidi"", a fictional character living in the Swiss Alps. The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Carl Spitteler (1919) and Hermann Hesse (1946). Robert Walser was only decades after his death in 1956 recognized as one of the great modern Swiss novelists at the beginning of the twentieth century. Likewise, the revival of the works of travel writer and novelist Annemarie Schwarzenbach"
"in that it depicts Heidi as a teenager during World War I, despite the fact that the original novel (where Heidi is only five years old) was published in 1881. In April 2010, a Swiss professorial candidate, Peter Buettner, uncovered a book written in 1830 by the German author Hermann Adam von Kamp. The 1830 story is titled ""Adelaide: The Girl from the Alps"" (German: ""Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge)"". The two stories share many similarities in plot line and imagery. Spyri biographer Regine Schindler said it was entirely possible that Spyri may have been familiar with the story as"
"cheer and the parents safely take them in their mountain home. Heidi's Children Heidi's Children is a 1939 novel, the second of four sequel novels to Johanna Spyri's original ""Heidi"" series, written by Spyri's French and English translator, Charles Tritten. It was originally published in French by Flammarion in Paris in 1939, and in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1939. It was preceded by ""Heidi Grows Up: A Sequel to Heidi"". Seeing the flower budding in Dorfli, Eileen suggests Heidi have the former's little sister, Martha, to visit the village as their guest. After bickering, Martha is eventually"
"The Shepherd's Granddaughter The Shepherd's Granddaughter is a children's novel by Anne Laurel Carter published in 2008. It provides a fictional account of the complex situation between the Jewish and Muslim communities in Palestine, which is seen through the eyes of Amani, a Palestinian girl six years old when the story begins, who sees the land of her ancestors stolen from her family. The issues behind the conflict are too complex for Amani's naïve understanding, but her way of expressing the situation is moving. Carter was inspired to write the novel by her meeting with Palestinians who were living through"
"Hitler's Daughter Hitler's Daughter is a children's novel by Australian children's author Jackie French. It was first published in 1999, and is one of French's most critically acclaimed books. A group of children waiting for their school bus tell stories to pass the time. Mark's friend Anna tells a story about Hitler's secret daughter Heidi, a young girl who was kept hidden to maintain the secret of her identity. The other children are captivated by the story, which Anna tells with great detail and realism. As the children listen to the story about Heidi's life, her relationship with her father,"
"a series of picture books, young adult books and adult books. Her young adult books include ""The Shepherd's Grand-Daughter"" (Groundwood, 2008), ""Last Chance Bay"" (Penguin, 2004), ""In the Clear"" (Orca, 2001), the trilogy ""Our Canadian Girl"" (Penguin, 2002-2005-2006) and ""No Missing Parts Short: Stories About Real Princesses"" (Red Deer Press, Fall 2002). The Shepherd's Granddaughter The Shepherd's Granddaughter is a children's novel by Anne Laurel Carter published in 2008. It provides a fictional account of the complex situation between the Jewish and Muslim communities in Palestine, which is seen through the eyes of Amani, a Palestinian girl six years old"
"life imprisonment. ""Feresia"" (a day in the life of a child in Zimbabwe) was listed as one of the best 20 German children's books of 1988. ""Sascha und die 9 alten Männer"" was listed by the Catholic Best Children Books 1997 in Germany. ""My Sister Sara"" tells of a four-year-old, blonde German war orphan patriotically adopted in 1948 by an Afrikaner parliamentarian who sympathises with the Nazis. The family, a good family, falls in love with the child. When her papers arrive from the orphanage six months later, Pa discovers that Sara's roots are tainted; hate rips through the family."
"and her increasing awareness of Hitler's evil plans, Mark becomes interested in learning more about the actual history of Hitler and World War II, and wonders how he would have acted in Heidi's place. Anna finishes her story with Heidi escaping from the ruins of Berlin and immigrating to Australia, where she grows old and eventually reveals the truth to her granddaughter. Hitler's Daughter Hitler's Daughter is a children's novel by Australian children's author Jackie French. It was first published in 1999, and is one of French's most critically acclaimed books. A group of children waiting for their school bus"
"Heidi's Children Heidi's Children is a 1939 novel, the second of four sequel novels to Johanna Spyri's original ""Heidi"" series, written by Spyri's French and English translator, Charles Tritten. It was originally published in French by Flammarion in Paris in 1939, and in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1939. It was preceded by ""Heidi Grows Up: A Sequel to Heidi"". Seeing the flower budding in Dorfli, Eileen suggests Heidi have the former's little sister, Martha, to visit the village as their guest. After bickering, Martha is eventually taken to Heidi's, but she shows to be complaining. Heidi's grandfather"
"""Kidnapped"", both by Robert Louis Stevenson, were extremely popular in the 1880s. Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" was first published in 1894, and J. M. Barrie told the story of Peter Pan in the novel ""Peter and Wendy"" in 1911. Johanna Spyri's two-part novel ""Heidi"" was published in Switzerland in 1880 and 1881. In the US, children's publishing entered a period of growth after the American Civil War in 1865. Boys' book writer Oliver Optic published over 100 books. In 1868, the ""epoch-making book"" ""Little Women"", the fictionalized autobiography of Louisa May Alcott, was published. This ""coming of age"" story"
"caught the attention of millions of readers and viewers. Nesthäkchen With White Hair Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Annemarie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age and grandchildren (Nesthäkchen with White Hair). Volume 10 (1925) describes the education, courtship and marriage of Annemarie’s granddaughter, Marietta, and Annemarie’s first great grandchild. The year is 1973. The twenty-six year old Marietta lives in Berlin with Grandparents Rudolf Hartenstein and Annemarie Braun Hartenstein. She works, as part of her studies, in a kindergarten, where she"
"combines the story of Johanna Spyri’s first ""Heidi"" novel with the life of the author. ""Heidi"" opened in Switzerland in 2005. In 2007 a sequel, ""Heidi and Johanna"" (intertwining the second ""Heidi"" novel with the final years of Johanna Spyri’s life and ending with her death), was nominated for a Prix Walo award. Stephen Keeling has also composed the music for ""My Father’s Son"", a musical set in nineteenth century Sheffield and based loosely on Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" (book and lyrics by Stephen Clark, directed by Steven Dexter at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells). For"
"the same title in 1968, by Stina Hergin, younger sister of the children's author Astrid Lindgren. A German translation entitled ""Der Spuk im alten Schrank"" (The spook – or mischief – in the old cupboard), by Marie-Louise Dumont and illustrated by Sita Jucker, also appeared in 1968. Barbara Sleigh followed on with another children's fantasy novel two years later. ""The Snowball"" features a snowball that hatches into a ""snow child"". The given name ""Jessamy"" or ""Jessamie"", normally considered a variant of Jasmine and Jessamine, is found in the English language since 1633, but has always been rare. It showed up"
"in Austria. The Church is the St. Nikolauskirche, Bichl, Matrei, Osttirol. Heidi (miniseries) Heidi is a 1993 American two-part, three-hour television miniseries based on the classic Swiss 1880 novel of the same name by Johanna Spyri, which has sold over 50 million copies and has been adapted for film and television nearly 20 times. ""Heidi"" originally aired on the Disney Channel on July 18 and 19, 1993, and stars Noley Thornton in the title role. At the beginning of part one of the miniseries, John and Adelheid are killed in a tree accident following an argument with John's father, Tobias."
"and children's book author. Her best-known character is the blonde doctor's daughter Annemarie Braun, whose life from childhood to old age is told in the ten volumes of the highly successful ""Nesthäkchen"" series. The books, the six-part TV series Nesthäkchen (1983), based on the first three volumes, as well as the new DVD edition (2005) caught the attention of millions of readers and viewers. Nesthäkchen in the Children's Sanitorium Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Annemarie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age"
"to children. One day, they meet a young woman who takes Marjorie from the beggar and adopts her. Six years later, Marjorie goes to a Southern farm, where she is a teacher for two little children. There, she meets a young soldier. Marjorie's Quest Marjorie's Quest is a sentimental children's novel about an orphan girl by Jeanie Gould, first published in 1872. The book inspired the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz to write his children's book ""In Desert and Wilderness"". The story takes place in the second part of the 1850s. At the beginning of the novel, recently orphaned ten-year-old Marjorie"
"Skimrande vårar Skimrande vårar in Swedish and Legenden om den øde skogen in Norwegian (in English ""Glittering Springs"" or ""Legend about the Inhabitant Forest""; this novel has not been translated into English) is a short historical novel by author Margit Sandemo from 1993. This novel describes the life of six orphans which live alone in the middle of uninhabited forest. The main character of the novel is Juliane, the sixteen year old eldest sister. She and her older brother Jorulv must provide for their younger brothers and sisters after their mother died and their father went to the town, a"
"White Oleander White Oleander is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) who is separated from her mother (Ingrid) and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book was selected for Oprah's Book Club in May 1999, after which it became a national bestseller. It was adapted as a 2002 film. Astrid Magnussen is a 12-year-old girl living in Los Angeles, California. She lives with her mother, Ingrid Magnussen, a self-centered, cold-hearted and eccentric poet. Astrid's father, Klaus Anders, left before Astrid was"
"Heidi (miniseries) Heidi is a 1993 American two-part, three-hour television miniseries based on the classic Swiss 1880 novel of the same name by Johanna Spyri, which has sold over 50 million copies and has been adapted for film and television nearly 20 times. ""Heidi"" originally aired on the Disney Channel on July 18 and 19, 1993, and stars Noley Thornton in the title role. At the beginning of part one of the miniseries, John and Adelheid are killed in a tree accident following an argument with John's father, Tobias. Their infant daughter, Heidi, survives the accident. Eight years later, Heidi"
"are adapted from the story: ""Moni, the Goat Boy"". Heidi Grows Up Heidi Grows Up (a.k.a. ""Heidi Grows Up: A Sequel to Heidi"" ) is a 1938 novel and sequel to Johanna Spyri's ""Heidi"", written by Spyri's French and English translator, Charles Tritten, after an three-decade long period of pondering what to write, since Spyri's death gave no sequel of her own. It was originally published by Flammarion in Paris (1936), and in New York by Grosset & Dunlap (1938), illustrated by Jean Coquillot. It was followed by three sequels more: ""Heidi's Children"", one year later and two later novels,"
"to depict such an irrelevant relationship; if one parent-child relationship is important, removing the other parent prevents complicating the necessary relationship. All these characteristics make orphans attractive characters for authors. Orphans are common in fairy tales, such as most variants of ""Cinderella"". A number of well-known authors have written books featuring orphans. Examples from classic literature include Charlotte Brontë's ""Jane Eyre"", Charles Dickens's ""Oliver Twist"", Mark Twain's ""Tom Sawyer"", L. M. Montgomery's ""Anne of Green Gables"", Thomas Hardy's ""Jude the Obscure"", and J. R. R. Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"". Among more recent authors, A. J. Cronin, Lemony Snicket,"
"young. During her early years at junior high school she started writing plays for puppet theatre. Her first novel, ""The Tiger in the Shop Window"" (a.k.a. ""Wildcat Under Glass""), (1963) was inspired by her childhood spent in Samos and is semi-autobiographical. This was followed by a series of books for children, and in 1987 by her first novel for adults, ""Achilles Fiancee"" . Her books have been translated into numerous languages. Her teenage novel ""Constantina and her spiders"" (a.k.a. ""Tina's Web"") won the Greek IBBY prize for the best book for older children, and Alki Zei has been nominated as"
"of the main characters in the novel ""A Child of Secrets"" by Mary Mackie. Jessamy Jessamy (1967) is a children's book by Barbara Sleigh, author of the Carbonel series. It sheds light on English life and childhood during the First World War, through a detailed pre-adolescent female character and a time-slip narrative. The story is about an orphaned girl called Jessamy, age unstated but about nine to eleven, who lived with one aunt during school term and another during school holidays. Both aunts were superficially affectionate, but neither paid heed to her as a person. The book begins with her"
"her friend Melissa tells. Chloe's future looks brief and her love for a noble Roman seems doomed, until the plague reunites her with her father. The book has been praised for accurate details that show the culture and everyday life of early Rome. The Forgotten Daughter The Forgotten Daughter is a children's historical novel by Caroline Snedeker. It is set in ancient Rome, where a nobleman's daughter, believed dead, is being raised as the daughter of a slave. The novel, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop, was first published in 1933 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934. This historic"
"Barbary (novel) Barbary is a 1986 science fiction novel written by Vonda McIntyre about an orphan and her cat moving to a space station. It is considered one of the best science fiction stories of the decade for children and young adults. Barbary, a twelve-year-old girl, is an orphan who has lived in several group homes and foster families since the death of her mother. The novel opens with her waiting in a spaceport for a seat on a shuttle to Earth orbit, which will be the first step on a journey to the research space station ""Einstein,"" where she"
"paint and sculpt, and has also self-published a children's book called, ""Chrigi und Nanama: Dschungelfreunde"". She has a business providing mediation and conflict management services, and is writing a second book on the processing of trauma. Christina Krüsi Christina Krüsi (born 1968) is a Swiss author, artist, consultant on mediation and conflict resolution, and advocate for preventing child abuse. She was a missionary kid who was sexually abused for five years as a child while her parents worked in Bolivia, translating the Bible into local languages. She told her story in a 2013 memoir called ""Das Paradies war meine Hölle"""
"The Witch's Daughter The Witch's Daughter is a children's novel by Nina Bawden, first published in 1966. It has been dramatised for television twice, with Fiona Kennedy (1971) and Sammy Glenn (1996) in the title role. On the remote Scottish island of Skua, Perdita has been branded ""the witch's daughter"" by islanders. They believe her mother died cursing the sea on which they depend for their livelihood. She lives alone in a tumbledown house by the loch, never goes to school, and has no friends. One summer Janey, who is blind, and her brother Tim visit the island with their"
"and a more upbeat ending. The 1996 TV movie was directed by Alan Macmillan. The Witch's Daughter The Witch's Daughter is a children's novel by Nina Bawden, first published in 1966. It has been dramatised for television twice, with Fiona Kennedy (1971) and Sammy Glenn (1996) in the title role. On the remote Scottish island of Skua, Perdita has been branded ""the witch's daughter"" by islanders. They believe her mother died cursing the sea on which they depend for their livelihood. She lives alone in a tumbledown house by the loch, never goes to school, and has no friends. One"
"Heidi Grows Up Heidi Grows Up (a.k.a. ""Heidi Grows Up: A Sequel to Heidi"" ) is a 1938 novel and sequel to Johanna Spyri's ""Heidi"", written by Spyri's French and English translator, Charles Tritten, after an three-decade long period of pondering what to write, since Spyri's death gave no sequel of her own. It was originally published by Flammarion in Paris (1936), and in New York by Grosset & Dunlap (1938), illustrated by Jean Coquillot. It was followed by three sequels more: ""Heidi's Children"", one year later and two later novels, neither which have been translated to English. Hoping to"
"was mostly shot in Hungary, and released in February 2009. ""Harry Potter"" author J. K. Rowling mentioned that ""The Little White Horse"" was her favourite childhood book. The Little White Horse The Little White Horse is a low fantasy children's novel by Elizabeth Goudge, first published by the University of London Press in 1946 with illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, and Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 1992. Coward–McCann published a US edition next year. Set in 1842, it features a recently orphaned teenage girl who is sent to the manor house of her cousin and guardian in the West Country of"
"Jessamy Jessamy (1967) is a children's book by Barbara Sleigh, author of the Carbonel series. It sheds light on English life and childhood during the First World War, through a detailed pre-adolescent female character and a time-slip narrative. The story is about an orphaned girl called Jessamy, age unstated but about nine to eleven, who lived with one aunt during school term and another during school holidays. Both aunts were superficially affectionate, but neither paid heed to her as a person. The book begins with her arrival unaccompanied by train, to find that her ""holiday"" aunt's uncongenial children had caught"
"The Wanderer (Creech novel) The Wanderer is a children's novel by Sharon Creech, published in 2000. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and named a Newbery Honor book. Sophie, a 13-year-old girl with two non-biological parents, is the only girl amongst a crew of her three uncles (Dock, Mo, & Stew) and her two cousins (Brian & Cody) on the way to visit her grandpa, Bompie, who lives in England. The story is told from her point-of-view and also from Cody's. Through the journey, Sophie learns to accept who she is and gets to knows a lot about her"
"release, the book was translated also into Hungarian in 1938, into Danish in 1939 and into Swedish in 1940; a French translation followed in 1943, a Slovak one in 1947 and a Dutch one in 1952. In 1957, Walt Disney adapted it into a ""True Life Fantasy"" of the same name. The story begins with a human child named, Annerle, saving Perri's mother from a marten. Afterwards Perri goes off searching for her mother, when she is then attacked by a crow, but is later saved by her mother. Later on, Perri's mother takes her to another part of the"