When Jack meets Old Man Death coming towards his cottage, he realises at once what's up. "You're not taking my old mother!" he cries, and hits out at Death with his fists. With each punch, Death gets smaller and smaller, until Jack is able to squeeze him inside a hazelnut shell. He throws the nut far out to sea, and goes home, but he will soon learn that death is an essential part of life.
- ISBN13 9781845072773
- Publish Date 1 January 2007 (first published 1 February 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Frances Lincoln Children's Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 32
- Language English