{"id":22869,"date":"2026-10-02T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=22869"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:53:07","slug":"the-skull-jon-klassen-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/the-skull-jon-klassen-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skull &#8211; Jon Klassen (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ottila runs away from home and discovers a castle where a lonely skull lives. The skull needs help making tea, lighting a fire and escaping from a headless skeleton who wants to kidnap him. These two lost souls gradually form a bond through their shared fragility. The illustrations are beautiful, with a limited colour palette that creates a delicate, slightly eerie atmosphere. The author explains that he first heard this traditional story while travelling in Alaska, but when he read it again a year later, his brain had completely invented the ending. The result is a wonderfully strange and unexpected twist on a traditional tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;They went into a room.<br>\u201cThis is the fireplace room,\u201d said the skull. \u201cI come here to drink tea by the fire in the evenings.\u201d<br>\u201cYou can make tea?\u201d said Otilla.<br>\u201cNo, not anymore,\u201d said the skull.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514.jpeg?resize=778%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514-scaled.jpeg?resize=778%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514-scaled.jpeg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1011&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514-scaled.jpeg?resize=1167%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1167w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514-scaled.jpeg?resize=1556%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1556w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4514-scaled.jpeg?w=1944&amp;ssl=1 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottila runs away from home and discovers a castle where a lonely skull lives. The skull needs help making tea, lighting a fire and escaping from a headless skeleton who wants to kidnap him. These two lost souls gradually form a bond through their shared fragility. 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