My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:
https://youtu.be/M9IeySwNsFI
Enjoy!
My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:
https://youtu.be/M9IeySwNsFI
Enjoy!
This was just the charming read (with slight macabre undertones) I needed for this snowy day. The Skull is Klassen's retelling of a folktale he found in a library in Alaska. The author's note was an interesting peek at his creative process, but also how we reshape stories in our memories over time. The story itself is about Otilla who runs away & discovers a house in the woods with a talking skull. A creative, dark, children's story with (CONT)
I can‘t stop thinking about this one. The story! The art! The insights in the Author‘s Note! I absolutely loved it. ❤️
⚠️NOT real!! Special Effects Makeup done my me!
Brain dead 🧠🩸
The idea for this makeup hit me in the head a little too hard. 🤷🏽♀️
Model & lab rat: @jeannasser
#brain #bloody #makeup
#dead #blood #sfx #sfxmakeup #Makeupartist #gore #horror #teohn #instadaily #skull #reds #artist #corpse #bloodclots
A teacher recommended this picture book on TikTok and I was able to grab it from CloudLibrary. I don‘t know what I expected, but not this. It is a retelling of a folktale and I‘m still thinking about the message of the original versus this retelling.
#31by31 - 30min - 5pts
#20in4 - 30min - 5pts
Horror - 20pts
Word Search - 5 words - 50pts
Participation - 1pt
Total: 81pts
#teamwhoyagonnacall #scarathlon
4 ⭐We‘re used to getting picture box from John Klassen. This year he does a little longer story and gives us the Skull. This was originally a folktale of a certain sect of Austrian people. There is a small person running away from something into the woods. They come across the house, and in the house, there is the skull who needs protecting from the rest of the skeleton. This is a folktale in the true tradition of folktales.
Just as lovely as I hoped it would be. Also: don't mess with Otilla. I'd say this is as close as you can get to a story for all ages that features a skull, though there may be nightmare potential for very young children. Really appreciated the Author's Note, for discussing the source material, and its characterization of folk tales.
Dawn light. I love how Klassen manages to bring something cozy to the dark image.
I got to be the school librarian yesterday so in between classes I read this delightful spooky book.
Dream jobs - librarian ✅