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Fun food – |
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Sample the Switzerland's most famous dish, cheese fondue. It is a melange of cheeses, usually Gruyere, Appenzeller and Emmentaler. Kids will enjoy dipping bread, or sometimes vegetables, into the hot cheese. |
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The Swiss are famous for their chocolates, and kids will want to sample them at every opportunity, plus hot chocolate is very good, year round. |
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Ice cream. Think of all those cows, and yes, Swiss ice cream is delicious. Kids will want to try the local gelato (part of Switzerland is Italian speaking), as well as one of our favorites, Movenpick. |
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Tip: The currency in Switzerland is the Swiss Franc, and with the exchange rate, hotels and food cost more than other countries in Europe. |
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Heidi
Johanna Spyri, Maja Dusikova
Best loved story of Switzerland, little Heidi comes to the mountains to live with her grandfather. She runs through alpine meadows with the goats, helps her friend Klara to walk again, and brings joy and love to her grandfather. Glowing watercolor illustrations. (Picture book)
Older kids will enjoy this abridged version: Heidi
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In the Swiss Alps, a snow-covered mountain is one of the world's most challenging peaks, and no one has made it to the summit. Young Rudi Matt has seen this mountain every day of his life, and now he's going to try to climb it. (Chapter book)
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Jack and Annie
are whirled back in time to the Great Saint Bernard Pass in the Swiss Alps. Immediately buried by an avalanche, the children are rescued by Saint Bernard dogs and monks in the monastery. They meet Barry, the most heroic dog, and for a time, Jack and Annie find out what it's like to be a Saint Bernard. (Easy reader)
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Action-packed retelling of legendary William Tell, in a graphic novel format. Unfairly arrested by an evil governor, expert bowman William Tell must shoot an apple off his son's head at one hundred paces. (Graphic novel)
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In a castle deep in the Swiss mountains, Count Karlstein has a devilish idea – to send his nieces to the Demon Huntsman on All Souls' Eve. But he hasn't reckoned on a courageous maidservant, Hildi Kelmar, and the unexpected arrival of a long lost orphan. A delightful adventure filled with escapes over glaciers, scoundrels, and the sound of a hunting horn ... (Illustrated chapter book)
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Asterix and Obelix go to Switzerland (Roman Helvetia) to hunt for edelweiss, where they visit Geneva after Julius Caesar burned down the bridge, swim in the lakes, climb mountains, and find out what happens when you lose your bread in fondue. (Cartoon book)
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High in the Alps, in a sleepy village, each year cowbells are rung to drive away the winter snows. The boy with the biggest cowbell leads the procession. Little Ursli hikes up into the snow covered mountains to find a big bell. This is a classic! (Picture book)
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Domenica Doone heads to Switzerland, to an international boarding school in Lugano. At first it's weird to be in Switzerland, palm trees and snow in the same scenery, so many different languages, but after a year of hiking and ski trips, blue lakes, mountains on top of the world, the bloomabilities are endless. (Chapter book)
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"Now the snow is gone from the village. You would see the Weisshorn shining bright in the early morning light while all the other mountains are hiding in the mist." A charming seasons of the year in an alpine Swiss village. (Picture book)
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