Heidi
Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your iPod(R) or MP3 player. See a href=’ http://www.talkingbooksdirect.com’Talking Books Direct/a for additional updates. - bra href=’http://www.talkingbooksdirect.com/title.aspx?titleId=8796 ‘ target=_blank img hspace=2 vspace=2 src=’http://www.talkingbooksdirect.com/images/sn8796.jpg’ style=’float:left;’ border=0 //afont color=’#000000′High in the Swiss Alps, Heidi, a five-year-old orphan comes to live with her brgrandfather. His neighbors say he is a fierce old hermit, of whom they are all afraid. Heidi, brhowever, proves to be a remarkable, unaffected child, who quickly charms her grandfather. brIn fact, for Heidi, nothing could be better than living with him. She enjoys a genuine brenthusiasm for life: for the goats that she helps Peter to tend, for the spring flowers on the brAlps, for the thick slices of bread and cheese that her grandfather prepares for her, and for brthe simple hay bed that she occupies in the loft of his hut. brbrHowever, her Aunt Dete doesn’t understand, and it is a sad day when she takes Heidi to live brin a strange city with a strange family who want a companion for their young invalid daughter brnamed Klara. Heidi does her best to be a friend to Klara, but her longing for home becomes brtoo much to bear.brbrJohanna Ward (also known as Kate Reading) is an award-winning narrator and actor. She is a company member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre and has appeared on many other stages. She and her husband, actor-narrator Michael Kramer (Nick Bernard), live with their two children in the Washington, D.C. area./fontbr clear=all