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A review by bookbint
The Boy, The Bird and The Coffin Maker by Matilda Woods
3.0
I did like the imagery in this children title.
Thank you to Toppsta for this prize.
A man who makes things from wood lives in a colourful town, where the sea is so vicious it sends the fish slamming into the houses, he makes things for his 3 children.
~When a plague arrives his family die, and he becomes the coffin maker. Making a coffin for himself it is some years before he uses it to bury a woman who was known to the town, although they don't know where she came from.
A bird comes, followed shortly by a boy who steals from the coffin maker. An odd friendship is formed and all is well until the man hunting his runaway wife arrives.
Nosy neighbours, foolish fishermen and a friendly baker made this a very enjoyable read. My copy did not have the illustrations which had page spaces marked so I would like to see the finished copy.
It has a mystical air of fable about it and I am sure it will capture many fans.
Thank you to Toppsta for this prize.
A man who makes things from wood lives in a colourful town, where the sea is so vicious it sends the fish slamming into the houses, he makes things for his 3 children.
~When a plague arrives his family die, and he becomes the coffin maker. Making a coffin for himself it is some years before he uses it to bury a woman who was known to the town, although they don't know where she came from.
A bird comes, followed shortly by a boy who steals from the coffin maker. An odd friendship is formed and all is well until the man hunting his runaway wife arrives.
Nosy neighbours, foolish fishermen and a friendly baker made this a very enjoyable read. My copy did not have the illustrations which had page spaces marked so I would like to see the finished copy.
It has a mystical air of fable about it and I am sure it will capture many fans.