Author(s): Laura Buller

Social studies

Take a romp into the past and meet the dudes who made history happen. Roaring in from Scandinavia to burn, pillage and generally cause a whole heap of trouble, the Vikings terrorized Europe for hundreds of years. But they weren't all bad: Viking dudes were superb seafarers, played football, got to America way before Columbus and didn't wear horns in their helmets. Read interviews and profiles of Bjorn the Beserk and Harald the Shaggy (who refused to cut his hair), let a Viking woman show you round her tastefully decorated longhouse and come face to face with the fearsome snake killer, Ragnar Hairy Breeks. Illustrated by Rich Cando, creator of the world famous Star Dudes. History just got hilarious.