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The skull : a Tyrolean folktale / Jon Klassen.

Klassen, Jon, (author,, illustrator.). Jacques, Robin, (creator.). Manning-Sanders, Ruth, 1888-1988 (creator.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1536223360
  • ISBN: 9781536223361
  • Physical Description: 105 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The original retelling of this tale was found in A book of ghosts and goblins, written by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques (New York: Dutton, 1969)."
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.1 0.5 519795.
Subject:
Courage > Juvenile fiction.
Folklore > Austria > Tyrol > Adaptations.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Skull > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Adaptations.
Folk tales.
Horror fiction.

Available copies

  • 63 of 70 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 70 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
McDowell Bookmobile JUV KLA (Text) 37810435687453 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library JUV KLA (Text) 37810435658850 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J KLASSEN (Text) 39493110085869 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library J KLA (Text) 50503300640762 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Benhaven Public Library J F Kla (Text) 33630005192088 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Camden County Library ECH KLA (Text) 39488900261571 Easy Reader Checked out 08/24/2026
Clemmons Branch J Klassen, Jon (Text) 0112523949153 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library JF KLASSEN (Text) 22281500155030 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cliffdale Library J KLASSEN (Text) 31781068160280 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Columbus Library J F KLA (Text) 31250200087394 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/07/2026

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