Heidi

I can still picture this book on my childhood bookshelf, but I do not remember this story at all. Perhaps I never read it or had it read to me.

The setting is well described - I can imagine myself jumping around the mountainside with Heidi and the goats. The backstory and beginning set you up for a drama, but the book reads like an advertisement for isolated mountain life or a morality play. The book covers a few years of Heidi's childhood. Heidi, in her innocence and with her empathy, brings joy to everyone. Along the way, she learns to trust in the dear lord.