Godfather Death

A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by Julia Sarda which will spellbind and thrill readers of all ages.Nominated for a 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration!When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he's sure he's made a good choice - for surely there's 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 family's fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death . . .

Product details

• Authors: Sally Nicholls, Nicholls Sally
• Assisted by: Júlia Sardà (Illustration)
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.2025
• EAN: 9781839133503
• ISBN: 978-1-83913-350-3
• No. of pages: 48
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas; JUVENILE FICTION / Horror, JUVENILE FICTION / Ghost Stories, Picture storybooks, Interest age: from c 7 years, Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Children’s / teenage fiction: dark fantasy