この本は中級英語読み物「百万英語読書計画」シリーズの第三集の3つで、1500基本的な英語の語彙をマスターした読者に適している。
百万英語読書計画（Million-Word Reading Project，MWRP）は英語を第二言語または外国語として学ぶ者（ESL/EFL）に対する設計した英語読書向上計画である。読者は1500基本英語の語彙（初級英語相当）を習得した読者を対象に、2年、毎日約15分間の読書で中級英語のレベルに達し、3500語以上の単語と大量のフレーズをマスターし、英語の各構文を熟練にマスターし、一般英語の原典を読むことができる。
本文書の統計情報は下表を参照してください。選択時の参考になる。
可読性の値| 81.59
総文字数| 23513
新語件数 | 595
新語率(%) | 2.53
新語重複率| 2.45
5回以上重複新語件数| 23
2回以上重複新語件数| 124
[内容概要]
Heidi is a little Swiss orphan girl. When she is five years old, she is taken by her aunt to live with her grandfather. His home is high up on the mountain slopes; he has quarrelled with those who live down below in the village, where he is known as "Uncle Alp". Grandfather and Heidi get on very well together, and she settles happily into her new home.
When Heidi is eight years old, her aunt, who is working in Frankfurt, Germany, comes to see her. She takes Heidi to live in Frankfurt as a companion to a twelve-year-old girl called Clara Sesemann, who is unable to walk.
Clara, her father, and her Grandmamma all become very fond of the little Swiss girl. Will the little girl return to her grandfather again?
This book is rewritten from "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri, a Swiss-born author of novels and best known for her children's stories. "Heidi" is her best-known book and about 20 film or television productions of the original story have been made.