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Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
This is the edition I received as a gift when I was young. Despite the joy of rereading a book I've had since childhood, I found it hard to reread.
I have the opportunity to read a lot of children's books in my job as an elementary librarian and I am SO GLAD that children are given more credit as being resilient and able to read about imperfect people and situations. I read this book as a companion to Maria Parr's Astrid the Unstoppable. Both are set on a mountain in Norway, both have a grandfather figure, both have a child who leaves and comes back . . . but the latter is easier to swallow because it feels real. The characters felt flat in Heidi and life was very rose colored. It was too idealistic for me.
I do believe that a person, even a child, can bring joy to those around them and change lives, but I am glad that now children can find books that feel more authentic.
2024 52 Book Club Reading Challenge #23 The other book with a similar plot
I have the opportunity to read a lot of children's books in my job as an elementary librarian and I am SO GLAD that children are given more credit as being resilient and able to read about imperfect people and situations. I read this book as a companion to Maria Parr's Astrid the Unstoppable. Both are set on a mountain in Norway, both have a grandfather figure, both have a child who leaves and comes back . . . but the latter is easier to swallow because it feels real. The characters felt flat in Heidi and life was very rose colored. It was too idealistic for me.
I do believe that a person, even a child, can bring joy to those around them and change lives, but I am glad that now children can find books that feel more authentic.
2024 52 Book Club Reading Challenge #23 The other book with a similar plot