The Resource The house by the lake : the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home, written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup
The house by the lake : the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home, written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup
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The item The house by the lake : the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home, written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
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- Thomas Harding adapts his adult memoir of the same name for younger readers, tracing the shadow of war as it falls across a one-story cottage and the people who share it
- Grades 2-4. Houses can hold mysteries, as most children know. Around this truth, Harding has built a story about one particular house in Germany that witnessed history. Outside of Berlin, this home with blue shutters, beside a lake, holds a great deal of appeal, and readers will relate to the various children who lived there, played games on its lawn, swam in the lake, and interacted with the natural world. Teckentrup's illustrations are light and soft-focused in these peaceful spreads, but each change of the house's occupants is characterized by pages steeped in gray and brown--soldiers send the first owners away, others flee before armies, and a wall is built during another family's tenure, separating the house from the lake. Finally, the house, crumbling, is visited by the great-grandson of the first owners, Jews who ultimately fled Germany. He--the author, it turns out--takes on the task of restoration, and readers will be happy to learn it now serves as a center for education. A story of hope for children interested in history and how it relates to the present. Karen Cruze. Booklist Online. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2020.-- Booklist, 07/01/2020
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781536212747
- Label
- The house by the lake : the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home
- Title
- The house by the lake
- Title remainder
- the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup
- Subject
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- trueFamilies
- trueGerman people
- trueGermany -- History -- 20th century
- trueGermany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Harding, Thomas, 1968- -- Family -- Juvenile literature
- trueHistoric buildings
- Historic buildings -- Germany | Berlin Suburban Area -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHouses
- trueJewish people
- Jews -- Germany -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- Germany | Potsdam -- Biography | Juvenile fiction
- trueJews, German
- Meisel family -- Juvenile fiction
- Meisel family -- Juvenile literature
- Personal narratives -- Juvenile fiction
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | History -- Juvenile fiction
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | History -- Juvenile literature
- Potsdam (Germany) -- History, Local -- Juvenile literature
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Juvenile fiction
- truePotsdam, Germany
- trueVacation homes
- Vacation homes -- Germany | Berlin -- Juvenile literature
- Vacation homes -- Germany | Berlin Suburban Area -- Juvenile fiction
- trueWar and society
- trueWestern European people
- Harding, Thomas, 1968- -- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- Alexander family -- Juvenile literature
- trueCommunities
- Dwellings -- Germany -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Thomas Harding adapts his adult memoir of the same name for younger readers, tracing the shadow of war as it falls across a one-story cottage and the people who share it
- Grades 2-4. Houses can hold mysteries, as most children know. Around this truth, Harding has built a story about one particular house in Germany that witnessed history. Outside of Berlin, this home with blue shutters, beside a lake, holds a great deal of appeal, and readers will relate to the various children who lived there, played games on its lawn, swam in the lake, and interacted with the natural world. Teckentrup's illustrations are light and soft-focused in these peaceful spreads, but each change of the house's occupants is characterized by pages steeped in gray and brown--soldiers send the first owners away, others flee before armies, and a wall is built during another family's tenure, separating the house from the lake. Finally, the house, crumbling, is visited by the great-grandson of the first owners, Jews who ultimately fled Germany. He--the author, it turns out--takes on the task of restoration, and readers will be happy to learn it now serves as a center for education. A story of hope for children interested in history and how it relates to the present. Karen Cruze. Booklist Online. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2020.-- Booklist, 07/01/2020
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10922165
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harding, Thomas
- Dewey number
- 943.08/4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Grades 2-4
- LC call number
- DD901.P8
- LC item number
- H37 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 1
- 4
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Teckentrup, Britta
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Alexander family
- Harding, Thomas
- Potsdam (Germany)
- Potsdam (Germany)
- Potsdam (Germany)
- Vacation homes
- Meisel family
- Harding, Thomas
- Meisel family
- Potsdam (Germany)
- Jews
- Vacation homes
- Historic buildings
- Potsdam (Germany)
- Jews
- Dwellings
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The house by the lake : the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home, written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 26 x 29 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781536212747
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
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- on1137841035
- (OCoLC)1137841035
- Label
- The house by the lake : the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home, written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 26 x 29 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781536212747
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1137841035
- (OCoLC)1137841035
Subject
- trueFamilies
- trueGerman people
- trueGermany -- History -- 20th century
- trueGermany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Harding, Thomas, 1968- -- Family -- Juvenile literature
- trueHistoric buildings
- Historic buildings -- Germany | Berlin Suburban Area -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHouses
- trueJewish people
- Jews -- Germany -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- Germany | Potsdam -- Biography | Juvenile fiction
- trueJews, German
- Meisel family -- Juvenile fiction
- Meisel family -- Juvenile literature
- Personal narratives -- Juvenile fiction
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | History -- Juvenile fiction
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | History -- Juvenile literature
- Potsdam (Germany) -- History, Local -- Juvenile literature
- Potsdam (Germany) -- Juvenile fiction
- truePotsdam, Germany
- trueVacation homes
- Vacation homes -- Germany | Berlin -- Juvenile literature
- Vacation homes -- Germany | Berlin Suburban Area -- Juvenile fiction
- trueWar and society
- trueWestern European people
- Harding, Thomas, 1968- -- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- Alexander family -- Juvenile literature
- trueCommunities
- Dwellings -- Germany -- History -- Juvenile fiction
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