There, he witnesses fellow inmate Tippy Tinkletrousers (aka Professor Poopypants) escape in a giant Robo-Suit (later reduced to time-traveling trousers). One story memorably shows that courage and strength are not always useful if unaccompanied by wisdom, and that a leader needs the latter more than the former. His own books include the classics War Boy and War Game , winners of the Kate Greenaway Award and Smarties Book Prize respectively. Another story teaches that sometimes even doing the right thing can lead to unfortunate consequences. Some of the pictures were scary but he just ate up all of the different stories and adventures Erik had- strongly recommend to anyone who has a kid who might like to hear about some viking adventures.

Written by Terry Jones, most famous for his membership of the Monty Python team, this is a wonderful tale, expertly spun, which won the Children’s Book Award. 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.

Jones starts out by explaining that as a kid he loved the idea of the Viking sagas, and then he read them and . Though lightly undertaken, this quest into the unknown turns into an exacting experience for the courageous companions whose strength, skill, wit and intelligence will be tested to the extreme limits.

except for the chapter with the dog-warriors, turns out that one or two of the unnamed crew were butchered on the beach. Includes an exclusive foreword from Terry Jones and colour illustrations from superstar illustrator Michael Foreman. SAGA - which means the author, Terry Jones (yes, one of the great Monty Python), has written this in the style of the old Icelandic tales with short episodic chapters that form one overarching story.This was really useful to use during our Topic of the Vikings, we used it to create our own viking saga - inspired by these stories and following a similar structure. And reading very much like The Good Bits of a Saga, complete with riddles and sword fights and prophecies and ships and wolves and all the things you want in a Viking tale!

Told, as in the real sagas, in very episodic form, this is the adventure of Erik and his crew on the Golden Dragon as they travel the world taking on deceitful trolls, Dogfighters (your actual dogs of war), mystical mountains and go on to adventures at the edge pf the world and outwit The Old Man of The Sea. His children's books have been enormously popular, including Bedtime Stories, The Knight and the Squire, The Lady and the Squire, Nicobobinus and The Saga of Erik the Viking.I can't stress enough how brilliant this book would be to read young boys and girls as an epic bedtime story. Signed first printing of this collection of fantastic tales following a young Viking, inspired by Nordic folklore and mythology - a runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal. As Erik and his brave band of men adventure forth their courage, strength, skill, wit and intelligence will be tested to the utmost.

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