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Informationen zum Autor We'd like to tell you all sorts of things about Odin Redbeard. We'd like to tell you he's a Viking who likes to pillage in his spare time. We'd like to tell you he lives on a fjord where he fishes from his longboat. We'd like to tell you that he wears a horned helmet when he goes down to the supermarket. But we can't tell you anything: Odin Redbeard is - you've guessed it - a pseudonym. His true identity must be kept secret... Sarah grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snowdrift. She spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Then she decided to be sensible and studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and gained a Masters degree at Kingston University. Sarah lives in London and specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's books. Klappentext Odin Redbeard (Author) We'd like to tell you all sorts of things about Odin Redbeard. We'd like to tell you he's a Viking who likes to pillage in his spare time. We'd like to tell you he lives on a fjord where he fishes from his longboat. We'd like to tell you that he wears a horned helmet when he goes down to the supermarket. But we can't tell you anything: Odin Redbeard is - you've guessed it - a pseudonym. His true identity must be kept secret... Sarah Horne (Illustrator) Sarah grew up in Derbyshire, mainly under a snowdrift. She spent much of her childhood scampering in the nearby fields with a few goats. Then she decided to be sensible and studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and gained a Masters degree at Kingston University. Sarah lives in London and specialises in funny, inky illustration and words for children's books. Leseprobe Vulgar adjusted his crumpled clothing, smoothing out his leather tunic and pulling the string belt of his sheepskin shorts tighter around his waist. As he bounded into the kitchen, he spotted a huge, dark figure standing in the corner. The figure was so tall and so wide, it looked like a small mountain. It blocked the window, leaving the whole room in almost total darkness. In its hand it clutched a large, sharp axe. "Morning, Mum," said Vulgar. Zusammenfassung Vulgar is a Viking boy who longs for the glory days of raiding! pillaging and enormous beards. Life in the village of Blubber is so dull! it's all knitting and goat-herding and yawwwnnn. Vulgar feels it's up to him to introduce a bit of mayhem and chaos! and just as soon as he's finished juggling with elk manure! he's going to relish the challenge. ...
