Gritli's Children

Johanna Spyri is best known as being the author of the children's story Heidi. Spyri lost her husband and son in 1884. After their deaths she devoted her life to charitable work and writing 50 books for children. Gritli's Children is the story of Nora a little maiden who is ill. The Physician thinks a change of air would be good for her so she travels to Switzerland.