Editing Heidi (section)

==Basis for ''Heidi''==
In April 2010, a Swiss scholar named Peter Otto Büttner, uncovered a book written in 1830 by German author [[:de:Hermann Adam von Kamp|Hermann Adam von Kamp]] entitled ''Adelaide: The Girl from the Alps'' (German: ''Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge'').<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hna.de/welt/heidi-zeichner-isao-takahata-ist-tot-wo-kommt-heidi-her-9756166.html | title=Heidi-Zeichner ist tot: Woher das Zeichentrick-Mädchen kommt und was aus ihm geworden ist | date=2018-04-06}}</ref> The two stories share many similarities in plotline and imagery.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/7653092/Swiss-Heidi-may-in-fact-be-German.html | title=Swiss Heidi may in fact be German | date=2010-04-29 | last1=Squires | first1=by Nick}}</ref> Spyri's biographer [[:de:Regine Schindler|Regine Schindler]] said it was entirely possible that Spyri may have been familiar with the story, as she grew up in a literate household with many books.{{cn|date=July 2023}}