Explaining 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. Wolf Erlbruch received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2006 and was the winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2017. Praise for “The gold standard of picture books about death is …It’s hard to describe how this extraordinarily tender book manages to be both heartbreaking and comforting, but it does."— "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, "The most moving book I’ve read this year is the German picture book by Wolf Erlbruch, about the strange, uneasy friendship."—Meg Rosoff, “The German children's book author and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch offers a wonderfully warm and assuring answer in - a marvelous addition to the handful of intelligent and imaginative children's books about death and loss.”—Maria Popova, “ by 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,