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Heidi's Alp
Heidi's Alp: One Family's Search for Storybook Europe | Christina Hardyment
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One spring morning in 1985, Christina Hardyment and her four daughters set out from their Oxford home to trace the roots of stories that have captured the imaginations of generations of children worldwide.
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LeahBergen
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#Mountains

The tagged book is a memoir of an Oxford mother who, in 1985, packs her four daughters (age 5 to 11) into a camper and sets out on a storybook journey through Europe. Along the way they visit Hans Brinker‘s Holland, Heidi‘s Alps, Pinocchio‘s Tuscany, and many more sites made famous in children‘s literature. I think she must‘ve been a brave soul, indeed. 😆

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ephemeralwaltz What an interesting-sounding book! Great post. Thanks for sharing! 5y
RaimeyGallant Cool. 5y
Melissa_J What a lovely idea for a family vacation. 5y
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Jinjer How was the writing style? Did it hold your interest? 5y
BarbaraBB That sounds amazing, the stories I grew up with! (edited) 5y
saresmoore Yeah, no, that sounds feckin‘ awful. That‘s twice as many children as I have to take to the grocery store and just no. 5y
Centique @saresmoore 😂😂😂 5y
LeahBergen @Jinjer It flows quite nicely and is very appealing (from the bits I‘ve read 😆). 5y
LeahBergen @saresmoore That was pretty much my opinion, too. I was annoyed taking two dogs to the dog park. 😆😆 5y
LeahBergen @Centique She‘s correct! 😆 5y
BarbaraBB @Jinjer Love seeing you here and missing your posts! 5y
Jinjer Aww thank you! I'm still around, just reading and commenting but not posting. My own posts bore me. LOL I find everyone else's posts / pictures / words so much more interesting.
5y
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GatheringBooks
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Perfect reading spot today - overlooking the Blutenburg Castle and its veritable swan lake. Hopefully, this book would give me more ideas of places to go while here in Germany.

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GatheringBooks
Canary-Coloured Cart | Christina Hardyment, C Hardyment
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#MarchIntoReading Day Nine: #AlliterativeTitles - looks like I will have to bring Hardyment's book when my family and I return to Europe this summer.