For more Viking ideas, activities and games, download our Vikings and Anglo-Saxons LKS2 Teaching Pack. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Arnulf refuses to join them, denying that the island is sinking, up to the very moment he and the other islanders are swallowed by the waves. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal two times and has been the UK nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award twice. kind of effort, however there is an inner logic and cohesiveness to Jones's writing that works very well.

These are aimed at young teenagers, but the stories are nicely told and generally great fun, while retaining something of the flavour of the original sagas. The second collaboration between Jones and Foreman (the first was their "Fairy Tales", which one reviewer conceded, "The Brothers Grimm and Marx together could not have done better), a wonderful spoof on, and paean to, the Viking Age, and a rollicking adventure, to boot. On the other hand, I'm glad that we just happened to be reading this book when my son was encountering gendered teasing for his long hair at school.

They are tested in various ways, go over the edge of the world and beneath the bottom of the sea, and fight inner demons as well as outer, until they find the land they seek and discover it is not for them. There are plenty of strange, magical, fantastic adventures herein with Erik and his band of Norsemen having their characters tested for bravery, honesty, intelligence and loyalty. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.

Loki sneaks out to inform Halfdan the Black, a local warlord afraid that peace will mean the end of his reign. Erik sounds the second note to awaken the gods, and he and his crew climb a path made of stars to approach the great Hall of Valhalla. There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years including Foreman and two others in 1980, when no one was highly commended. I loved the movie Erik the Viking as a kid, and a few years ago I saw that our library had this, which looked . The last chapter was therefore extra moving because it was about the main character playing chess with Death.Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.

According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974).

This super vintage Puffin Book was published in 1988 and features superb Black and White Illustrations by Michael Foreman. Despite their pessimism, they manage great and heroic deeds, which are dazzlingly illustrated by Foreman. Winner of the Children's Book Award, The Saga of Erik the Viking begins a daring and dramatic adventure series updating Nordic sagas for a young audience. A single drop of the man's blood falls from Loki's dagger and triggers an earthquake that causes the island to sink. Most of the chapters are complete in themselves and can be read as a series of related short stories.