Available at Walmart - Heidi on DVD

I hope I am not the only one that gets old and forgetful.  I remember watching Heidi as a child, but I can not tell you anything about it. I also know I liked it, but I don't remember the age I was or anything else about it.  Lucky for me, we were just send Heidi for review!  We will be watching it over Spring Break.  I hope that Broxton and Savannah enjoy it as much as I think I did! Did you watch or read Heidi in your younger days?
This is sold exclusively at WALMART, so head on out and buy a copy today!

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With more than 50 million copies in print, Swiss author Johanna Spyri's beloved 1880's novel, "Heidi," is one of the all-time classics of children's literature, which has also spawned numerous adaptations - from a 1937 Shirley Temple vehicle and several Japanese anime series to a Hanna-Barbera feature.  This April, Omnibus Entertainment invites families everywhere to head for the hills with HEIDI, a new, lavishly produced adaptation starring Bruno Ganz and marking the big screen debut of Anuk Steffen as the titular Swiss mountain girl.
 
Orphan girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood with her eccentric grandfather, Alpöhi (Ganz), cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the breathtaking Swiss mountains. Together with her friend Peter, she tends to grandfather's goats and enjoys freedom in the mountains to the fullest.  But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is whisked to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete.  The idea is for her to stay with the wealthy Sesemann family and be a playmate for his wheelchair-bound daughter Klara, under the supervision of the strict nanny, Fräulein Rottenmeier.  Although the two girls soon become close friends and Klara's grandmother awakes a passion for books in Heidi while teaching her to read and write, young Heidi's longing for her beloved mountains and her grandfather grows ever stronger.
 
Spyri originally published "Heidi" as a two-volume novel - "Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning" and "Heidi: How She Used What She Learned" - and, according to the original subtitle, was written "for children and those who love children."  Aside from being translated from the original German into over 50 different languages, HEIDI has also become an enduring figure in children's entertainment through many theater productions; television programs, including one by the BBC and one by Walt Disney; films, including a silent one; a musical play co-written by Neil Simon; a video piece with Paul McCartney and Mike Kelley, and a talking dog version with Angela Lansbury.  There is even a "Heidiland" in eastern Switzerland.

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  1. I've watched a few different versions, but not this one. I'll have to try to watch this because I loved the other 2.

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  2. We just watched The Secret Lives of Pets. The Easter Bunny brought it. We did a scavenger hunt. The Easter Bunny forgot one clue. Travis looked at me like I was failure. I said, "You helped me, so we both messed up." I knew the next hiding spot was the mail box - I said, "Hey guys did you see that!? I saw a rabbit out there pointing at our mail box!" Mica went out to look, and Isaak was looking all over trying to see the bunny I saw.

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