The House on the Canal: The Story of the House that Hid Anne Frank
$49.69
- Hardcover
56 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2025
Summary
Charting 400 years of history, this is the astonishing true story of the Anne Frank House, beautifully illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.
In the middle of Amsterdam, stands a tall, narrow house on a canal. Over the course of four centuries the house has been a home to many – from poor families to wealthy couples, and those hiding from persecution. Like the family of a young Jewish girl who sought refuge in the annexe and wrote in her diary of the “old house on the cana…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529520323 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529520320 |
| Author: | Thomas Harding, Britta Teckentrup |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Studio |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 56 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 286mm x 260mm |
| Audience Age: | 7-12 |
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Critics Review
Featured, January Children’s Previews * The Bookseller *
Readers will emerge simultaneously awed by the passage of time and personally affected by the stories told. Teckentrup overlays her bright, exquisitely detailed sepia-toned depictions of the house and its environs with a misty haze; the result are hauntingly beautiful. Deeply moving, powerful, and breathtaking.” * Kirkus Reviews *
“poignant, haunting pages” * Publishers Weekly *
Thomas Harding
Thomas Harding is an award-wining author whose books have been translated into over nineteen languages, As a journalist, he has written for the Financial Times, The Sunday Times (London), The Washington Post and The Guardian, among other publications and works as a radio and television presenter. He cofounded a television station in Oxford and for many years was an award-winning documentary maker.
Britta Teckentrup’s strikingly beautiful picture books have been published in more than twenty countries. They include Tree, Bee, Moon, Ocean, Under the Same Sky, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and The House by the Lake. Born in Hamburg and educated in London at St. Martin’s College and the Royal College of Art, she currently lives with her family in Berlin.
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