When Death Came Calling

“It is a great achievement to tell something so intangible with ease: that finitude takes and gives life.” – Tagesanzeiger

“Rotraut Susanne Berner and Jürg Schubiger open up a completely new approach to the subject […] Berner puts far more expression into the faces than in her previous books. Suffering and grief, horror, but also hope and comfort are clearly shown. This expressiveness is gripping without ever being sentimental. Jürg Schubiger’s text is just as clear, he tells the story stringently and without a false tone. […].” – FAZ

“Jürg Schubiger’s finely spun text and Rotraut Susanne Berner’s clear, clever pictures show in an ingenious and touching way how death brings not only suffering into this picture book and into the world, but also compassion, care and comfort.” – lehrgang.kinderbuchhaus.at

‘This story embeds death in the great arc of life. That makes it deeply human.’ Christine Tresch, Buch & Maus

“A testimonial and parable at the same time. An outstanding book that will persist.” – NZZ am Sonntag, Christine Knödler

“The author very touchingly tells of parting, loss and despair—consistently from the child’s point of view.” –Süddeutsche Zeitung