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21%OFFWolf Erlbruch - Duck, Death and the Tulip - 9781877467141 - V9781877467141
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Duck, Death and the Tulip

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Description for Duck, Death and the Tulip Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Erlbruch, Wolf. Editor(s): Todd, Penelope. Translator(s): Chidgey, Catherine. Num Pages: 38 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AH; YBCS; YXG. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 303 x 246 x 10. Weight in Grams: 482.

From award-winning author and illustrator, Wolf Erlbruch, comes one of the world's best children's books about grief and loss. Voted one of the 100 greatest children's books of all time by the BBC.

In a curiously heart-warming and elegantly illustrated story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. Duck and Death play together and discuss big questions. Death, dressed in a dressing gown and slippers, is sympathetic and kind and will be duck’s companion until the end.

“I’m cold,” she said one evening. “Will you warm me a little?”
Snowflakes ... Read more

Explaining the topic of death in a way that is honest, lightly philosophical and with gentle humor, this enchanting book has been translated into multiple languages, adapted into an animated movie and short film and performed on stages worldwide.

Wolf Erlbruch received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2006 and was the winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2017.

  • Tender and direct, this is an excellent tool for helping to explain and talk about death, dying and bereavement with children
  • Loved by adults and children, parents and grandparents, also suitable for schools, grief centers and counsellors

Praise for Duck, Death and the Tulip

“The gold standard of picture books about death is Duck, Death and the Tulip…It’s hard to describe how this extraordinarily tender book manages to be both heartbreaking and comforting, but it does."—The New York Times

"The most extraordinary picture book I’ve seen in many a year. A duck becomes friends with Death, and it’s the most natural thing in the world. Trust me, adults get far more weirded out by this book than children ever do. Amazing."—Patrick Ness, Time Out London

"The most moving book I’ve read this year is the German picture book Duck, Death and The Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch, about the strange, uneasy friendship."—Meg Rosoff, The Financial Times

“The German children's book author and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch offers a wonderfully warm and assuring answer in Duck, Death and the Tulip - a marvelous addition to the handful of intelligent and imaginative children's books about death and loss.”—Maria Popova, Brainpickings

Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch is a superb picture book from Germany, that tells a gentle story of the relationship between Death and a duck. Death is portrayed as a sympathetic figure in a dressing gown who is with us all the time, but who only comes into Duck’s consciousness towards the end of his life. It is warm, poignant and witty.”—Anthony Browne, The Guardian

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Product Details

Publisher
Gecko Press Wellington, NZ
Number of pages
38
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
Wellington, New Zealand
ISBN
9781877467141
SKU
V9781877467141
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-40

About Wolf Erlbruch
Wolf Erlbruch is a celebrated and inimitable German author and illustrator. He has received many awards, including the 2006 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration and the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Wolf Erlbruch is a celebrated and inimitable German author and illustrator. He has received many awards, including the 2006 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration and the 2017 ... Read more

Reviews for Duck, Death and the Tulip
"Erlbruch's text, in Chidgey's translation, offers plenty to talk about, with touches of gentle humor as well as some briskly summarized views of the afterlife. His illustrations likewise repay careful attention despite their apparent simplicity. Created primarily in subdued shades, they appear to incorporate drawing, painting, etching and collage, and they deftly convey both action and personality with a few ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Duck, Death and the Tulip


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