DESCRIPTION :  Here for sale is the vintage RICHLY ILLUSTRATED around 50-60 years old JEWISH Hebrew ERETZ ISRAELI children's book  , THe Hebrew - Israeli shortened version of "HEIDI" Which was published in ca 1950's -1960's in TEL AVIV Eretz Israel by EL HAMA'AYAN  , A popular publisher of ERETZ ISRAEL books  . The ILLUSTRATIONS in this books were created by ISA HERSCHKOVITZ . The book  "HEIDI From The MOUNTAINS" ( "HEIDI" ) is shortened Hebrew translation to the legendary "HEIDI" by JOHANNA SPYRI . The book consists of FULL PAGE COLORFUL illustrations and in addition NUMEROUS smaller B&W illustrations .  The book is RARE .  Original  COLORFUL illustrated HC . size.  7.5"x 7" . 36 throughout illustrated pp including PLATES . Very good condition . Used. Tightly bound. Clean. Tears including material loss in paper spine. ( Pls look at scan for as-is images ) .Will be sent inside a protective rigid packaging .

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Heidi (pronounced [ˈhaɪdi]) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel (German: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi makes use of what she has learned. (German: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat)[1] 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" (as quoted from its subtitle). Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.[2][3] Contents 1 Plot summary2 Film, television and theatrical adaptations3 Heidiland4 Sequels5 Basis for Heidi6 See also7 References8 External links Plot summary Aunt Dete hurrying away after leaving Heidi with the Alm-Uncle. Heidi[4] is a girl who has been raised by her aunt Detie in Maienfeld, Switzerland after the early deaths of her parents, Tobias and Adelheid (Detie's sister and brother-in-law). Detie brings 5-year-old Heidi to her paternal grandfather's house, up the mountain from Dörfli. He has been at odds with the villagers and embittered against God for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. This has earned him the nickname Alm-Uncle. He briefly resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl's evident intelligence and cheerful yet unaffected demeanor soon earn his genuine, if reserved, affection. Heidi enthusiastically befriends her new neighbors, young Peter the goatherd, his mother Bridget and his blind old grandmother who was 'Grannie' to everyone. With each season that passes, the mountaintop inhabitants grow more attached to Heidi. Three years later, Detie returns to bring Heidi to Frankfurt to be a hired companion to a wealthy girl named Clara Sesemann, who is regarded as an invalid. The girl is charmed by Heidi's simple friendliness, and delights in all the funny mishaps brought about by Heidi's lack of experience with city life. However, the Sesemanns' strict housekeeper, Fräulein Rottenmeier, views the household disruptions as wanton misbehavior, and places Heidi under more and more restraint. Soon Heidi is terribly homesick, and grows alarmingly pale and thin. Her one diversion is learning to read and write, motivated by her desire to go home and read to Peter's blind grandmother. Clara's own grandmother visits the children and becomes a friend to Heidi. She teaches Heidi that she can always seek relief from misery by praying to God. After months pass, the Frankfurt household is brought near hysteria by night sightings of what appears to be a ghost. When Clara's father and his friend the doctor, keep awake one night to find out what is causing the disturbances, they see that the "ghost" is actually Heidi, sleepwalking in her nightgown. The doctor sees that Heidi is under a great deal of stress. He warns Mr. Sesemann that if Heidi is not sent home promptly, she may become very ill. Soon, a joyous Heidi returns to the mountains, where she teaches her grandfather about the comfort of prayer. She reassures him that it is never too late to turn back to God. Her simple lesson prompts her grandfather to descend to the village and attend a church service for the first time in years, marking an end to his seclusion. He is heartily welcomed back by the church pastor and the villagers. Heidi and Clara continue to keep in touch and exchange letters. A visit by the doctor to Heidi leads him to eagerly recommend that Clara visit Heidi. He feels assured that the fresh mountain air and the wholesome companionship will do her good. Clara makes the journey again the next season and spends a wonderful summer with Heidi and becomes stronger on goat's milk and fresh mountain air, but Peter, who grows jealous of Heidi and Clara's friendship, pushes her empty wheelchair down the mountain to its destruction (although he later feels guilty about what he did and confesses to it). Without her wheelchair, she attempts to walk and is gradually successful. Her grandmother and father are amazed and overcome with joy to see Clara walking and her wealthy family promises to provide permanent care for Heidi, if there comes a time when her grandfather's no longer able to do so. Film, television and theatrical adaptations About 20 film or television productions of the original story have been made. The Heidi films were popular far and wide, becoming a huge hit and an iconic animated series in several countries around the world. The only incarnation of the Japanese-produced animated TV series to reach the English language was a dubbed feature-length compilation movie using the most pivotal episodes of the television series, released on video in the United States in 1985. Although the original book describes Heidi as having dark, curly hair, she is usually portrayed as blonde. Versions of the story include: Heidi, a 1937 motion picture which starred Shirley Temple in the title role.Heidi, a 1952 film in Swiss German and German, directed by Luigi Comencini, starring Elsbeth Sigmund (filmed on location in Switzerland), and followed by a sequel, Heidi and Peter, in 1955, directed by Franz Schnyder, also starring Ms. Sigmund.A Gift for Heidi (1958), by George Templeton.Heidi (1959), music by Clay Warnick, adapted by William Friedberg with Neil Simon.Heidi, a 1965 German film, directed by Werner Jacobs.Heidi, a 1968 television movie which starred Jennifer Edwards with Maximilian Schell and Michael Redgrave. Infamous for interrupting an American football game that was broadcast the same day.Heidi (Disneyland Storyteller Record) a 1968 old time radio style adaptation of the story by Disneyland Records, with music by Camarata, recorded in London and starring Brenda Dunnich, John Witty and introducing (to American audiences) Ysanne Churchman as Heidi.Heidi, Girl of the Alps, a 1974 Japanese anime series directed by Isao Takahata for Zuiyo Eizo (later, Nippon Animation), dubbed into various languages. Compiled into an English-dubbed movie entitled The Story of Heidi.Heidi, a 1974 BBC adaptation starring Emma Blake.Heidi, a 1978 26-episode Swiss/German television series, starring Katia Polletin as the protagonist, which was dubbed into various languages, including English.The New Adventures of Heidi (1978), directed by Ralph Senensky.Heidi's Song, a 1982 American animated film produced by Hanna-Barbera.Heidi, a two-part American television miniseries from 1993, starring Noley Thornton as Heidi. Co-stars included Jane Seymour as Miss Rottenmeier, Jason Robards as Grandfather and Lexi Randall as Clara.Heidi, a 1995 animated film.Heidi, a 2005 animated film.Heidi, a 2005 British live action film directed by Paul Marcus.Heidi 4 Paws, a comedic 2008 adaptation featuring talking dogs with the voice of Angela Lansbury.Heidi (CG series), a CGI remake of the 1974 anime series.Heidi, a 2015 German live action film directed by Alain Gsponer. Heidiland Maienfeld, the main town in Heidiland Heidiland, named after the Heidi books, is an important tourist area in Switzerland, popular especially with Japanese and Korean tourists.[5] Maienfeld is the center of what is called Heidiland; one of the villages, formerly called Oberrofels,[6] is actually renamed "Heididorf."[7] Heidiland is located in an area called Bündner Herrschaft; it is criticized as being a "laughable, infantile cliche"[5] and "a more vivid example of hyperreality."[8] Sequels The four sequel books, Heidi Grows Up, Heidi's Children, Heidi grand-mère (Heidi as grandmother) and Au Pays de Heidi (In Heidi's land), were neither written nor endorsed by Spyri, but were adapted from her other works by her French translator, Charles Tritten in the 1930s, many years after she died.[9][10][11][12] There are some major differences between the original Heidi and the Tritten sequels. These include; Heidi, the original story by Spyri, shows the simple life of Heidi imbued with a deep love of children and childhood. Spyri mentioned that the work was "for children and those who love children". The sequels portray Heidi in a different manner, as she grows up and gets married.Heidi in the first book, Heidi, is described as having, "short, black curly hair", when she is around five to eight years of age. In Heidi Grows Up, when she is fourteen, her hair is long, straight and fair.In some English editions of Heidi the names of the goats are translated into English (Little Swan and Little Bear), while other editions use their original Swiss-German names, Schwanli and Baerli. In Heidi Grows Up only the names Schwanli and Baerli are used. Basis for Heidi 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: Adelheide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge). The two stories share many similarities in plot line and imagery.[13] Spyri biographer Regine Schindler said it was entirely possible that Spyri may have been familiar with the story as she grew up in a literate household with many books. See also Novels portal 2521 Heidi (an asteroid named after Heidi)Swiss folkloreAlpine people and cultureHistory of the AlpsAlpine transhumance (the traditional practice of moving grazing herds in the Alps between winter valleys and summer mountain pastures) Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser) (German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːri]; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels and best known for her children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. Biography In 1852, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer. While 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 that landscape. Her husband and her only child, named Bernard, both died in 1884. Alone, she devoted herself to charitable causes and wrote over fifty more stories before her death in 1901. She was interred in the family plot at the Sihlfeld-A Cemetery in Zürich. An icon in Switzerland, Spyri's portrait was placed on a postage stamp in 1951 and on a 20 CHF commemorative coin in 2009. Gravesite at Sihlfeld cemetery in Zurich In April 2010, a professor, searching for children's illustrations, found a book written in 1830 by a German history teacher, Hermann Adam von Kamp, that Spyri may have used as a basis for Heidi. The 1830 story is titled Adelaide - das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge—translated, "Adelaide, the girl from the Alps". 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 she grew up in a literate household with many books.[1] References 1. 1. Ur-Heidi aus dem Ruhrpott. Ist Johanna Spyris Alpengeschichte geklaut? External links Works written by or about Johanna Spyri at WikisourceWorks by Johanna Spyri at Project GutenbergWorks by or about Johanna Spyri at Internet ArchiveWorks by Johanna Spyri at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by Johanna Spyri at Classicreader.com