[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: Anne, a skinny girl, was mistakenly brought to Mashou and Marilla, who were trying to take in a boy from an orphanage. She hates being called a redhead and has a very vivid imagination. This is the story of Anne's growth and development through a series of heartbreaking events.
(Translator: DeepL)
This is an abridged version of Heidi by Johanna Spyri translated into Japanese for kids. It's short (about 150 pages), the font size is gigantic, and almost all kanji have furigana (but as with most children's literature, there is not as much kanji as one might wish, so parsing long strings of hiragana can get a little tiresome).
I liked this book well enough and found it easy to read, but unless you already know and like Heidi (either through the original book or the classic anime), I wouldn