Author:Jeremy Strong
Sigurd, the Viking from the tenth century, is still stuck in the twentieth century. He lives with his friends the Ellis family in a seaside hotel and constantly causes chaos. When Tim and Zoe Ellis take him to school with them a series of seriously funny disasters results.
Delightful
—— Daily TelegraphThey seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them...a perfect marriage of word and picture.
—— Philip PullmanIt's not just Tove Jansson's wonderfully strange fairytale world that so appeals but also her beautiful line work and exquisite sense of design.
—— Lauren ChildFeatures one of the most eccentric families in children's fiction . . . A rollicking red, which rapidly draws the reader into its strange and gothic world
—— Waterstones Books QuarterlyWonderful stuff
—— Daily Telegraph