vikings

"When Oliver, Mya, and Jorge take a ride in a hot-air balloon, they crash-land on an unknown island filled with extinct animals and a horde of angry Vikings. Welcome to Poptropica, an uncharted group of islands whose existence is hidden from the rest of the world. As the three friends embark on a perilous search for a way home, they discover that something sinister is lurking on the island--something that threatens the very existence of Poptropica itself!"--Back cover.

Presents information on the life and explorations of Viking Leif Eriksson. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.

Biography of the legendary tenth century Norse explorer Leif Erikson, believed to have discovered North America 500 years before Columbus.

Discusses major themes and deities of the religion of ancient Scandinavia, and the ways that this religion influenced other cultures past and present. Includes reading comprehension questions, a glossary, color photographs, and a list of additional resources.

Provides information about Vikings, using photographs and illustrations to examine their clothing, weapons, and ships, and describe their saga of war and discovery; and includes a time line, a glossary, and a CD with clip art.

Provides information about Vikings, discussing their physical characteristics, how they lived, how they fought, who their Gods were, and how they globalized the world.

Matt and Emily travel on their antique red sled to the year 1001 and go exploring with Leif Eriksson and other Vikings.

Presents a fictionalized account of Uhtred, the son of an English nobleman, kidnapped by a Danish chieftain, Earl Ragnar, in A.D. 866, during the Vikings wars against England.

"The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd's band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory brings no peace to the elderly Danish King Sweyn, who worries that his untested, sensitive son Canute will never be ready to take the throne. The king's attempt to force his son to become a man places the young prince within the grasp of the gleeful killer Thorkell! Whoever holds Canute holds the key to the thrones of England and Denmark--and Askeladd has his own reasons for joining the fray!"--Back cover.

"As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land fat to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery...the land Leif called Vinland."--Back cover.