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'Let the pillaging begin! CBC Picture Book of the Year winner, Norman Jorgensen, teams up with illustrator James Foley on this fun picture book about a boy who outwits local bullies by channelling his inner Viking.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Incidental
Food types - Everyday foods
Food practices - Eating in - meal
- Eating in - snack
Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion - Family meals [breakfast]
Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
- Non-Anglo characters
- Stereotyped ethnicity
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3) -
The Last Viking by Norman Jorgensen
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , August 2011;
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Review : The Last Viking
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Review : The Last Viking
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 26 no. 3 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Kids Lit
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 - 4 August 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book ; No Return : Captain Scott's Race to the Pole 2011 single work picture book
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Review : The Last Viking
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 90 no. 9 2011; (p. 14)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Children's
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 July 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Kids Lit
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 - 4 August 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book ; No Return : Captain Scott's Race to the Pole 2011 single work picture book -
Review : The Last Viking
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 26 no. 3 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Review : The Last Viking
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Last Viking 2011 single work picture book -
Golden Books for Children
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
Awards
- 2012 winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Hoffman Award
- 2012 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Early Childhood
- 2012 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Children's Literature Award
- 2012 winner Crystal Kite Award — Australian and New Zealand Division
- 2011 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Childrens Book (Told Primarily through Pictures)
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