Words & Pictures

Jon Klassen

Sponsored by Falk Laboratory School

Jon Klassen’s signature wry humor takes a turn for the ghostly in this thrilling retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.

In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit—with rich, monochromatic artwork and an illuminating author’s note—The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.

Jon Klassen is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several books, including I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat, for which he won the Caldecott Medal. Two of his picture books have been named Caldecott Honor books: Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn (winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award), both by Mac Barnett.

“Employing his customary pitch-perfect tonal gymnastics, only Klassen could inspire readers to want craniums as pals.”

Kirkus Reviews for The Skull

Books

Copies of The Skull and other Jon Klassen books are available from City of Asylum Bookstore.

Partner

Words & Pictures is presented with support from EQT Foundation and The Grable Foundation

WHEN

Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

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WHERE

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213

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