Staff Pick
Godfather Death
by Sally Nicholls & Júlia Sardà (illustrator)
on order from publisher
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Pages:
48
Published:
7 Sept 2023
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Andersen Press
ISBN:
9781839131417
When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, hes sure hes made a good choice - for surely theres no man more honest than Death? At the Christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the familys fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death.
$33.00
Do not underestimate this kids' book, it's a chilling tale of greed in the midst of plenty and once you start it will have you in it's skeletal grasp. Julia Sarda's deliciously folky illustrations inject whimsy into the unsettling tale. At once classic, with it's Grimms' origin, and completely original this is one of coolest picture books you will come across.
Elka, Little Unity
