The Viking Saga of Harri Bristlebeard: A Heroic Puzzle Adventure - Hardcover

Stroud, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763602701 ISBN 13: 9780763602703

Publisher: Candlewick Press, 1997

Synopsis

Harri Bristlebeard, chief of the Vikings, searches for a lost banner to win back luck, fame, and fortune for his village. Features picture puzzles in which the reader looks for various objects.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3?Requiring a hefty mix of patience and persistence, this Where's Waldo?-like offering adds occasional simple riddles and memory tests to the compulsory multiple (and often tiny) character searches on every page. Loosely a story about a quest to retrieve a magic banner stolen by a dragon years ago, Viking Saga is a slight improvement on Stroud and Gale's The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood (Candlewick, 1996). Like its predecessor, it is presented in an oversized, picture-book format and features a comic-strip story line (dialogue balloons and all). An omniscient raven narrator tucked away in the corner; a longhouse lemming and his growing band of buddies; Hilda, the blond supergirl who disguises herself to join Harri's crew; Fenrir, the loyal and fearless wolf; and a large and busy main scene all revolve around the good-hearted but rather bumbling Harri and his faithful companions. A rainy-day diversion for kids who can color inside the lines.?John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
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About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0763602701
• ISBN 13: 9780763602703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Gale Cathy