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: Nicholls Sally, Sally Nicholls
• Assisted by: Júlia Sardà (Illustration)
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 11.09.2025
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas
• EAN: 9781839133503
• ISBN: 978-1-83913-350-3
• Pages: 48
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 12
• Subjects: 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, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, goth girl chris riddell ruth brown dark tale colleen doran, tim burton nightmare before christmas warning trick halloween present gift, brothers grimm childhood hans christian andersen folklore myth legend fable, cautionary tale grim reaper deathly hallows harry potter older picture, crossover fiction seven eight nine ten eleven years old coraline, bedtime story storytime children school parents pumpkin witch ghost supernatural, enchanting magic classic future red riding hood midas gold vanity voldemort, illustrated spanish haunting father christmas carol charles dickens monster house, tom riddle fairytale danger neil gaiman hansel gretal gothic spooky, corpse bride family bargaining Hilaire Belloc moral rules life ilustrated