Heidi by Johanna Spyri
You’d think I’d have read Heidi at some point. I knew the story highlight anyway (Klara walking) but as I continued along it became more clear that I’d never read this book. It’s very pure, very sweet. Heidi is the dearest, purest thing but her love for nature and the people around her keeps it from being sickeningly sweet and her rejection of the “better” life must have been novel at the time. Seems like it would entertain children.