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The skull a Tyrolean folktale

"This is an old story. It is about a girl named Otilla who runs away. It is also about a house in the woods, and a skull who lives there, and a secret the skull has, and the night that Otilla finds out what that secret is."--

Main Authors: Klassen, Jon (Author), Manning-Sanders, Ruth, 1888-1988 (Creator), Jacques, Robin (Creator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Skull > Juvenile fiction.
Courage > Juvenile fiction.
Folklore > Austria > Tyrol > Adaptations > Juvenile fiction.
Horror fiction > Juvenile.
Folk tales > Juvenile.
Summary: "This is an old story. It is about a girl named Otilla who runs away. It is also about a house in the woods, and a skull who lives there, and a secret the skull has, and the night that Otilla finds out what that secret is."--
Item Description: "The original retelling of this tale was found in A book of ghosts and goblins, written by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques (New York: Dutton, 1969)."
Physical Description: 105 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781536223361
1536223360
Author Notes: Jon Klassen is a writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 2013 Caldecott Medal for illustration, recognizing This Is Not My Hat, which he also wrote. He is also well known for his 2011 picture book I Want My Hat Back.

Jon studied animation at Sheridan College. He moved to Los Angeles after graduation and made an animated short with Dan Rodriques, An Eye for Annai. He worked on Neil Gaiman's Coralin and Kung Fu Panda, and was the art director for U2's animated video for I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight."

(Bowker Author Biography)

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