A set of twelve all time classics that introduce children to adventure, love and bravery. Colourful illustrations bring the stories to life. A set of twelve all time classics that introduce children to adventure, love and bravery. Colourful illustrations bring the stories to life.When Heidi's Aunt dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone's surprise, the two grow to love each other and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri charming story and spirited heroine have won children's hearts for more than a century.Throughout this 200 year period the author relates the political, economic and social events of cuba, in particular he sets cuba's greatest crop, sugar, in the context of slavery and the atlantic slave trade and the development of cuba's relations with the united states and the other states of latin America.