The Vikings
Published on 28. April 2009
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-7496-8650-5 (ISBN)
Description
An in-depth cross-curricular look at five of history's great civilisations, offering a complete view of the ancient world
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
col. ill
Dimensions
Height: 11 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 291 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7496-8650-5 (9780749686505)
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Person
Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.
Content
Who Were The Vikings Home Life Serpents And The Sea Raiders And Invaders Explorers And Traders Hedeby Law And Order Viking Burials Gods And Religion Language And Literature The Danes The Norwegians The Swedes Date Chart Glossary Index