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Who was Leif Erikson? / by Nico Medina ; illustrated by Dede Putra.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was-- ?Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780448488615
  • 0448488612
  • 9781524786731
  • 152478673X
Other title:
  • Leif Eriksson
  • Leiv Eiriksson
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Who was Leif Erikson? -- Erik's son -- Greenland -- Life of a Viking -- The Viking way of war -- The Viking Age -- The road to Valhalla -- Voyage to Vinland -- The Vikings and the Skraelings -- Life After Leif -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Summary: "Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings."--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Biography ERIKSON, L. M491 Available 33111008206993
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series!

Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings.

Includes bibliographical references.

Who was Leif Erikson? -- Erik's son -- Greenland -- Life of a Viking -- The Viking way of war -- The Viking Age -- The road to Valhalla -- Voyage to Vinland -- The Vikings and the Skraelings -- Life After Leif -- Timelines -- Bibliography.

"Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings."--Provided by publisher.

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