{"product_id":"duck-death-and-the-tulip-hardcover","title":"Duck, Death and the Tulip - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWolf Erlbruch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWolf Erlbruch\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning author and illustrator, Wolf Erlbruch, comes one of the world's best children's books about grief and loss. Voted one of the 100 greatest children's books of all time by the BBC.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a curiously heart-warming and elegantly illustrated story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. Duck and Death play together and discuss big questions. Death, dressed in a dressing gown and slippers, is sympathetic and kind and will be duck's companion until the end. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"I'm cold,\" she said one evening. \"Will you warm me a little?\"\u003cbr\u003e Snowflakes drifted down.\u003cbr\u003e Something had happened. Death looked at the duck.\u003cbr\u003e She'd stopped breathing. She lay quite still.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining the topic of death in a way that is honest, lightly philosophical and with gentle humor, this enchanting book has been translated into multiple languages, adapted into an animated movie and short film and performed on stages worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wolf Erlbruch received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2006 and was the winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTender and direct, this is an excellent tool for helping to explain and talk about death, dying and bereavement with children\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLoved by adults and children, parents and grandparents, also suitable for schools, grief centers and counsellors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDuck, Death and the Tulip\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The gold standard of picture books about death is \u003cem\u003eDuck, Death and the Tulip\u003c\/em\u003e...It's hard to describe how this extraordinarily tender book manages to be both heartbreaking and comforting, but it does.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The most extraordinary picture book I've seen in many a year. A duck becomes friends with Death, and it's the most natural thing in the world. Trust me, adults get far more weirded out by this book than children ever do. Amazing.\"--Patrick Ness, \u003cem\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The most moving book I've read this year is the German picture book \u003cem\u003eDuck, Death and The Tulip \u003c\/em\u003eby Wolf Erlbruch, about the strange, uneasy friendship.\"--Meg Rosoff, \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The German children's book author and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch offers a wonderfully warm and assuring answer in \u003cem\u003eDuck, Death and the Tulip \u003c\/em\u003e- a marvelous addition to the handful of intelligent and imaginative children's books about death and loss.\"--Maria Popova, \u003cem\u003eBrainpickings\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cem\u003eDuck, Death and the Tulip \u003c\/em\u003eby Wolf Erlbruch is a superb picture book from Germany, that tells a gentle story of the relationship between Death and a duck. Death is portrayed as a sympathetic figure in a dressing gown who is with us all the time, but who only comes into Duck's consciousness towards the end of his life. It is warm, poignant and witty.\"--Anthony Browne, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 38\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 11.7 x 9.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Duck, Death and the Tulip\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lower Grades, K-3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45591866834988,"sku":"9781877467141","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/VDh2RTZvNVlmd3hnTHowM2NpM3VsUT09.webp?v=1780429831","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/duck-death-and-the-tulip-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}