Drew Canole's Reviews > The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Fed up with the Shapes Trilogy (which was basically a boring version of the Hat trilogy) my prayers are immediately answered with this novella written and drawn by Jon Klassen based on his faulty recollections of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.

This was great. The prose is a step-up from his kids books. I imagine this is something you'd read to a kid, then eventually see them reading it to themselves. It has enough edge that I think it'll appeal to our generation of kids! I mean have you met a 5-year old these days? They are wild beings. So I see not issue with them reading a story about a friendly skull and an evil skeleton body.

I'd read more in this style as long as Klassen keeps doing the artwork. Adapt some more folk tales please!