Death in a Nut

by Eric Maddern

Book Overview

When Jack meets Old Man Death coming towards his cottage, he realises at once what's up. "You're not taking my old mother " he cries, and hits out at Death with his fists. With each punch, Death gets... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184507081X
• ISBN13: 9781845070816
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Life needs death

I have read this book over and over and have told this story and recommended this book to many. I love the illustrations by Paul Hess and love the way the story is told by Eric Maddern. i think it is so poignant these days that kids in particular learn about death. We hide death, we prolong death, we try to ignore death, but it is there and it is all around us. I remember growing up seeing geese and chickens and bits of pig hanging in the butchers windows. We knew these animals died to feed us. Nowadays everything comes prepackaged and death and respect is absent. Pets die and grandparents die yet we try to shelter all this from kids. We need to show that death is important, that life ends and begins; it is a circle. This book does a great job at that and entertaining at the same time. Hats off to Eric and Paul.