Vikings

by Philip Wilkinson

Feared throughout Europe, the Vikings swept across the sea in their swift longships and launched lightning raids on coastal towns, churches, and monasteries. Vikings tells the gripping story of these terrifying warriors, fearless explorers, and skilled artisans, and illustrates their ships, weapons, and everyday world. Eight special removable items range from a Runes decoder to a fold-out guide. It's a fantastic package.

Genres: History

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Philip Wilkinson (born 1955) is the author of non-fiction books for children and adults. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.

He specializes in works on history, the arts, religion, and architecture and has written over forty titles.

Reviews

[Kat (wanderfulbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and informative! I love the colorful pop-ups and the mini-booklets interspersed all throughout the book. It was a crash course of sorts summarizing all the pertinent little facts concerning Vikings and their beliefs. Why, I didn't know they played chess!

[Ingrid Parada · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este Libro resume varios topicos relacionados con la Vida de Los Vikingos y sus tradiciones, de forma muy simple y rápida explica sus origenes, los Dioses, y también sobre la arquitectura, la construcción de barcos, armas y hechos explicados de manera lúdica y amena.
Su formato viene en tapa dura, conteniendo coloridas ilustraciones, ventanas Pop-Ups para amenizar la info adicional, un desplegable, y además un mapa resumen, por esto, es muy ameno, entretenido y dirigido a un público infantil.

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about where vikings came from. It also talks about their ships, weapons, and gives other fun facts and history. After reading this I would have the student read "Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeters" by Cindy Neushwander. This book relates because it also talks about ships and traveling. It gives some history along with the story and even a little math lesson.