by Grace Edwards Wesson, Houghton, 1924) Veronica and Other Friends (trans. from the German by Alice Howland Goodwin illus. Dole, Crowell, 1924) The New Year's Carol (trans. Sanborn, 1924 The Little Alpine Musician (trans. of Die Stauffermuehle by Frances Treadway Clayton and Olga Wunderli, B.H. Kirk, Lippincott, 1924) Joerli: The Story of a Swiss Boy (trans. Dole, Crowell, 1923) Vinzi: A Story of the Swiss Alps (trans. Carlson, Crowell, 1922) Jo: The Little Machinist (trans. by George Carlson, Crowell, 1921) Trini: The Little Strawberry Girl (trans. Kirk, Lippincott, 1921) Tiss: A Little Alpine Waif (trans. Boll, Beacon Press, 1921) Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys (trans.

Dole, Crowell, 1920) Erick and Sally (trans. Kirk, Lippincott, 1920) Toni: The Little Wood-Carver (trans. Dole, Crowell, 1919, published as The Pet Lamb, and Other Swiss Stories, Dutton, 1956) Cornelli (trans. Dole, Crowell, 1918) Little Curly Head: The Pet Lamb (trans. Dole, Crowell, 1917) Little Miss Grasshopper (trans.

Dole, Crowell, 1916) What Sami Sings with the Birds (trans. Boll, Eaton & Mains, 1913) The Rose Child (trans. by Frederick Richardson, Ginn, 1912) Chel: A Story of the Swiss Mountains (trans. from the German by Emma Stetler Hopkins illus. Ireland, Presbyterian Committee, 1902) Moni the Goat Boy, and Other Stories (trans. Mueller, Halle, Germany, 1902) Dorris and Her Mountain Home (trans. Perthes, Gotha, Germany, 1898) Schloss Wildenstein (F.A. Wheelock, Blackie & Son, 1896) Einer vom Hause Lesa (F.A. Brooks, Cupples & Hurd, 1887) In Safe Keeping (trans. Wheelock, Lothrop, 1886) Grittli's Children (trans. from the German by Louise Brooks, De Wolfe, Fiske, 1885) Uncle Titus (trans. from the German by Lucy Wheelock, Lothrop, 1884) Rico and Wiseli (trans. Dole and published as Heidi: A Story for Children and Those That Love Children, Ginn, 1899 ) Red-Letter Stories (trans. Johann Jakob Heusser and Meta (Schweizer) Heusser aunt of Emily Kempin Spyri (1853–1901, who was the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate of law degree, though she was prohibited because of her gender from practicing law) married Bernhard Spyri, in 1852 children: one son, Bernhard Diethelm Spyri. Born Johanna Heusser on July 12, 1827, in Hirzel, Switzerland died on July 7, 1901, in Zurich daughter of Dr. Name variations: nicknamed 'Hanni' and 'Hanneli' first name also spelled Joanna.

Swiss author who changed the course of children's literature for Switzerland and the world with her book Heidi.