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Viking Life

3 books in this series

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  A mixture of images from a variety of primary sources will introduce children to the many aspects of Viking Life.

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  Quote panels from texts of the age will create cross-curricular links with literacy.

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  Key people panels will focus on important figures such as Ibn Fadlan and Harald Hardrada to introduce children to the people who documented and influenced life in Viking times.

Sample Spread From Series

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  Clothes

  Contents:
  

  • The Viking world
  • Materials
  • Weaving and dyeing
  • Women's clothes
  • Men's clothes
  • Warriors and weapons
  • Shoes and accessories
  • Metal jewellery
  • Beads
  • Hair and hygiene
  • Luxury items
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index and resources

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6384 9

  
  

  205x277mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Homes

  Contents:
  

  • The Viking world
  • Building materials
  • A Viking longhouse
  • Viking towns
  • Inside a Viking home
  • Viking families
  • Women's work
  • Life on the farm
  • Food and drink
  • Forges and workshops
  • Games and pastimes
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index and resources

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6383 2

  
  

  222x277mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Invasion and Settlement

  Contents:
  

  • The Viking world
  • Monastery raids
  • Viking attacks
  • Raids further afield
  • Settling Iceland
  • into Russia
  • The siege of Paris
  • The Vikings in England
  • Greenland
  • A new world
  • The last attacks
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index and resources

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6385 6

  
  

  223x277mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £12.99 HB