When Heidi is left in the care of her grandfather, a mountain hermit with a bad reputation, the child falls in love with her new rural home and adores her gruff but good-hearted grandparent. For Heidi no place will ever be home but her mountain the Alm.

Part of the World Masterpiece Manga series.

Volumes in series:
1: Shoukoushi
2: Wakakusa Monogatari
3: [m]Ashinaga Ojisan (MARUYAMA Kei)[/m]
4: Himitsu no Hanazono (FUJITA Motoko)
5: Alps no Shoujo Heidi