Each story is rooted in real local history and landmarks
A child follows Premonstratensian monks from Churwalden over mountain passes to a densely forested valley in 1222. Together they fell the first trees and lay the foundation stones of the church of St. Jakob. As the forest gives way to fields and a village rises, the child discovers why this place will carry the name 'Klosters' for eight hundred years to come.
A young Walser girl migrates with her family from the Valais over high Alpine passes to the Praettigau around 1300. In the new valley, she helps build their home log by log using the Strickbau technique her father learned in the Rhone valley, and discovers that the Walserrecht grants her family freedoms unimaginable to most mountain folk -- a new life built with their own hands, in a house of interlocking wood.
On a snowy March day in 1988, a child skiing near the Gotschnagrat witnesses the terrifying avalanche that strikes the royal party. They help mountain guide Bruno Sprecher dig through the snow as precious minutes tick away -- a story about courage, the raw power of mountains, and why the slopes demand respect no matter who you are.
A child in 1960s Klosters keeps spotting a mysterious woman in a wide-brimmed hat walking alone along the Landquart river. Following her trail leads to the Chesa Grischuna and the discovery that the world's most famous recluse found peace in this quiet village -- where 'Hollywood on the Rocks' meant not glamour but a place where even the brightest stars could walk unnoticed.
A child finds a hidden sketchbook on the Stafelalp and steps into Kirchner's world of bold Alpine colours. Together they paint the Praettigau mountains in expressionist hues -- jagged pinks, electric blues, burning oranges -- learning to see the everyday landscape with fresh eyes and discovering that art can be both a refuge from darkness and a way of setting the world ablaze with beauty.
In September 1889, a child rides the very first train up the Praettigau valley from Landquart, rattling over bridges and through gorges as the narrow-gauge railway reveals a different Alpine secret at every turn. When a landslide blocks the track just days after the inaugural run, the child helps the crew clear the way -- learning that connecting a mountain valley to the world takes courage, ingenuity, and a stubborn Dutch hotelier's dream.
In 1622, a child in the Praettigau watches as neighbours rise up against Austrian occupation, driving the troops from the valley in a surge of courage. But euphoria turns to dread when Baldiron returns with 10,000 soldiers and villages burn. The child learns that freedom has a price, and that the ashes of a razed village can carry the seeds of a future nation.
A child discovers an old map hidden in a Walser granary in Monbiel and follows its clues through snowy mountain paths, retracing the route Stevenson's carriage took through the Praettigau in November 1880. At every turn -- a frozen gorge, a wooden bridge, a lonely inn -- the map reveals a scene from an unfinished adventure. The map turns out to be a forgotten sketch for Treasure Island, drawn by a sickly Scottish writer as his carriage rattled toward the mountains.
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