I haven't quite read Heidi before; I think we had an abridged picture version when I was younger but I wasn't moved to seek it out again. Reading it now, I think I know why—Heidi is so impossibly good, & the moral & religious message kind of overtly hammered home. It's a sweet story & I love the descriptions of nature but found it cloying, as well. Reading it in short installments on Serial Reader helped! #ChildrensClassicRead2024 @TheBookHippie