Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN | Age | Comments |
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Adventures with the Vikings | Linda Bailey | Kids Can Press, Ltd, Toronto, Ont, 2001 | 1550745441 | 8-12 | A fun Story with "fact boxes" good accuracy |
Craft Topics - Vikings | Rachel Wright | Franklin Watts, NY NY, 1992 | 0-531-14210-8 | 6+ | Cool Crafts and info. Includes boat, helm, jewelry, more |
Erik the Viking Sheep | Elizabeth Creith | Scholastic Canada Ltd, Toronto, Ont., 1997 | 590123807 | 3-7 | Silly little story about a sheep who wants to be a viking. Fun though. |
First Book of the Vikings | Louise Dickinson Rich | Franklin Watts, NY, NY, 1962 | LCC627390 | ||
Harald the Ruthless | Andrea Hopkins | Henry Holt & Co. NY NY, 1996 | 803031766 | 10+ | Haralds saga retold. Some sketches in the bood and a good set of notes at the end. |
Hiccup the viking who was seasick | Cressida Cowell | Hodder Children's Book, London UK, 2000 | 340757213 | 4-8 | Story |
How Would you survive as a Viking? | Jacqueline Morely | Franklin Watts, Toronto, Ont., 1995 | 531143449 | 10+ | Accuracy is so-so (many minor and some more important errors) |
Lief Eriksson: First Voyager to America | Katherine B. Shippen | Harper & Row, NY NY, 1951 | |||
Lief's Saga - A Viking Tale | Jonathan Hunt | Simon & Schuster, NY, NY, 1996 | 068980492X | 8-10 | Story, some inaccuracies in the pictures |
Myths & legends of the Vikings | John Lindow | Bellerophon Books, Santa Barbara, CA, 1992 | 883880717 | 10+ | Colourable line art. Dense text with good accuracy |
Story of Gudrun | E.M.Almedingen | W.W. Norton, NY, NY, 1967 | LCC6718670 | ||
Story of Lief Ericson | William O. Steele | Grosset & Dunlap, NY,NY, 1954 | LCC545862 | ||
Story of the Vikings - colouring book | A.G. Smith | Dover Press, NY NY, 1988 | 486256537 | 10+ | Colouring book but with fine detail lines. Some text, good accuracy. |
Technology in the Time of the Vikings | Peter Hicks | Wayland Publishers Ltd, East Sussex, UK, 1997 | 750221089 | 10+ | Good accuracy including do-it-yourself projects |
Time Traveller Book of Viking Raiders | Anne Civardi & James Graham Campbell | Usborne House, London UK, 1993 | 086020085x | 12+ | Very good. Told as a sort of story with lots of explanation |
Viking (Eyewitness books) | Susan M. Margeson | Stoddart Publishing Co Toronto, Ont., 1994 | 773727736 | 10+ | Lots of pictures of artifacts. Very good accuracy |
Viking Activity Book | Mary Jo Keller | Edupress, Dana Point CA | 1564721698 | A teacher's guide with many activities | |
Viking Adventure | Cylde Robert Bulla | Scholastic Book Services, NY NY , 1963 (# TW2172) | Story | ||
Viking Designs | A.G. Smith | General Publishing, Toronto, Ont., 1999 | 486404692 | Black and white line art | |
Viking Hersir | Mark Harrison | Reed International Ltd., 1993 | 855323184 | 14+ | Osprey Warrior #3 - very dense text. Artifact pictures and drawings. |
Viking Invader | Fergus Fleming | Usborne PublishingLondon, UK, 1997 | 746029578 | 12+ | A news magazine set in viking time. Humours and firly accurate |
Viking Life | John Guy | Scholastic Inc, New York, 1998 | 043914917 | 12+ | Photographs of some artefacts, very questionable text and drawings. Not reccommended. |
Viking Settler (Everyday Life of) | Giovanni Caselli | Simon & Schuster, 1992 | 872261042 | 10+ | Artists drawings, lifestyle scenes. Some artifact drawings, Good Story, Good accuracy. |
Viking Ships | John Lindow | Bellerophon Books, Santa Barbara, CA, 1992 | 883880784 | ||
Viking Village | A.G. Smith | Dover Press, NY NY, 1998 | 486403785 | A sticker book to create a viking village 11x17" | |
Viking World | Philippa Wingate | EDC Publishing, Tulsa, USA, 1993 | 746013981 | 12+ | Dense text but loaded with drawings. Good accuracy. |
Vikings | Robert Wernick | Time-Life books, Alexandria, VA, 1979 | 809427095 | ||
Vikings | John D. Clare, Ed. | Gilliver Books: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego, USA, 1992 | 152005129 | 12+ | Loaded with pictures of re-enactors. Minor errors throughout but overall very good |
Vikings (see through History) | Anne Pearson | Hamlyn Children's Books, UK, 1993 | 600579832 | 10+ | Reasonable accuracy |
Vikings (Treasure Chest) | Fiona Macdonald | Running Press | 762401478 | Includes Game, Sun compass | |
Vikings: Raiders from the North | Time-Life, ed. | Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1993 | 809498960 | 14+ | Lots of artifact photos and drawings. |
Warriors | Rupert Matthews | Zig Zag Pub., West Sussex, UK, 1994 | 187464781x | 8-10 | two pages on vikings. Very simple. |
Who were the Vikings | Jane Chisholm & Straun Ried | Usborne Pub. Ltd. London UK, 1995 | 746020384 | 10+ | Very good. Question and Answer style. |