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The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history Telegraph

A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can have repercussions even in small and unheralded places Wall Street Journal

A beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding''s Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.

On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant; in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a stone''s throw from the cottage''s back door.

Thomas Harding first shared this remarkable story in his Costa-shortlisted biography The House by the Lake now he has rendered it into a deeply moving picture-book for young readers. With words that read like a

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      Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/11/2021
      ISBN13: 9781406398694, 978-1406398694
      ISBN10: 1406398691
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history Telegraph

      A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can have repercussions even in small and unheralded places Wall Street Journal

      A beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding''s Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.

      On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant; in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a stone''s throw from the cottage''s back door.

      Thomas Harding first shared this remarkable story in his Costa-shortlisted biography The House by the Lake now he has rendered it into a deeply moving picture-book for young readers. With words that read like a

      Trade Review
      Featured in The Bookseller's November previews. * The Bookseller *

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