Two Terrible Vikings and Grunt the Berserker

It's not easy being the WORST at everything!

Hack and Whack are the very worst Vikings in the village - until a fierce and stinky berserker moves in - NEXT DOOR!

WILL the brand new school help the twins outwit this villain and his vicious dog, Muddy Butt?

And will Twisty Pants, Dirty Ulf and Elsa Gold-Hair help vanquish this foul fiend?

'As joyously anarchic as Horrid Henry.' Cressida Cowell
'A great new series for early readers.' BookTrust
'A wonderfully absurd, anarchic romp.' Sarah McIntyre
'Immensely appealing to children of five and up.' Literary Review

About the author

Francesca Simon is universally known for the staggeringly popular Horrid Henry series. These books and CDs have sold over 20 million copies in the UK alone and are published in 27 countries. Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowmanwon the Children's Book of the the Year award in 2008 at the British Book Awards. She is also the author of Costa-shortlisted The Monstrous Child and Hack and Whack, her first picture book. She lives in North London with her family.Steve May is an animation director & freelance illustrator based in London. Steve was born in 1968 in sunny Hastings and spent his childhood drawing and discovering interesting ways of injuring himself. After studying Fine Art and film-making and touring with an unsuccessful pop band, Steve completed an MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art. He has gone on to illustrate books by Jeremy Strong, Philip Reeve and Phil Earle, as well as the Dennis the Menace series. As an animation director his films Anger & Rabbits won the Association of Illustrators Gold New Media Award. Steve has directed a variety of work for commercials & television. Steve now lives in glamorous north London & his mum says he's a genius.

Summary

The world's very worst Vikings are back to dash our hopes and fail our expectations!

Report

Packed with super-silly toilet humour, madcap action, and lively cartoonish illustrations from Steve May, the hilarious adventures of Hack and Whack are bound to be asked for again and again. BookTrust

Product details

• Authors: Francesca Simon
• Assisted by: Steve May (Illustration)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780571349517
• ISBN: 978-0-571-34951-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Two Terrible Vikings
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Norse, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Reading age: from c 7 years, Adventure stories (Children's/YA), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories, Historical Fiction (Children's/Ya)