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A review by okiecozyreader
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
4.5
The Skull is based on a Tyrolean folktale that he found in a book of folktales in a library in Alaska. (It is here, also: http://oaks.nvg.org/tirk.html). In the author’s note for this book, he writes that he changed the ending to the way he remembered it, instead of what it was in the original story.
I love the moodiness of the art. I think a lot of students would appreciate the spookiness of the story.
This does read like a longer picture book. It’s a little over 100 pages but I read it (to myself) in about 10 minutes maybe. I do think it would make a fun October read, but it is a little morbid (the boy chops up bones and throws them into a neverending pit).
I love the moodiness of the art. I think a lot of students would appreciate the spookiness of the story.
This does read like a longer picture book. It’s a little over 100 pages but I read it (to myself) in about 10 minutes maybe. I do think it would make a fun October read, but it is a little morbid (the boy chops up bones and throws them into a neverending pit).