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The skull : a Tyrolean folktale / Jon Klassen.

Author/creator Klassen, Jon author, illustrator.
Other author/creatorInspired by: Manning-Sanders, Ruth, 1888-1988. Book of ghosts and goblins.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice ©2023
Description105 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title Tyrolean folktale
Abstract "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."-- Front jacket flap.
General noteAdaptation of an anonymous Tyrolean folk tale.
General note"The original retelling of this tale was found in A book of ghosts and goblins, written by Ruth Manning-Sanders [under title "The skull"] and illustrated by Robin Jacques (New York: Dutton, 1969)"--Colophon.
Interest age level Ages 6-9
Interest grade level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
Genre/formAdaptations.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formFolk tales.
Genre/formHorror fiction.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formHorror fiction.
Genre/formFolk tales.
Genre/formHorror fiction.
LCCN 2022936945
ISBN9781536223361 (hardcover)
ISBN1536223360 (hardcover)

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