Brodeck's ReportWinner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010 A murder investigation in post war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation. From his village in post war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No one had expected to see him again. One day, a

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The stakes were high

at the time and over the next thirty years

Renoir made acclaimed movies in France America India and Italy and became a writer during the last part of his life

But one morning when Clover checks on the cozy nest of feathers she's made for the egg she finds it empty and the baby animal is nowhere in sight

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Hey Diddle Diddle combines lively pictures with a classic rhyme that's easy for parents and carers to recognise and recite

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The stubble on his cheeks and chin is patchy and his eyes look dull and dark

and Josh fed the elephant the wrong way and we made the dog into a panda

a young boy single-handedly fights to protect a small village from the threat of goblins