Death in a Nut

A feisty boy learns a powerful lesson about life and death in this beautifully illustrated story based on a Scottish folktale.
Trying to save his mother he confronts Death, squeezing him into a hazelnut shell which he then throws out to sea. Suddenly trouble begins turning normal things upside down. What has he done? The droll text and the vivid watercolour illustrations enrich this traditional style tale about learning one of life’s basic truths. For older children.