Author: Nicholls, Sally

Interest age: from c 7 years

Published on 25 September 2025 by Andersen Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 48 pages
206 x 281 x 6 | 262g

A soul-stirring reimagined Grimm tale by award-winning author Sally Nicholls and hauntingly illustrated by Jlia Sard 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 . . .