Title Birk, the Berserker / written by Robin Klein ; illustrated by Alison Lester

Published Adelaide : Omnibus Books, 1987

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	J Kle		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	82J KLE-B		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Klein Rob/Btb		LIB USE ONLY
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Kle/Btb		AVAILABLE

Description 29 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm Summary Birk is a failure at being a Viking because he doesn't like violence. He sneaks off and falls asleep when he is meant to be raiding a village and is captured. Birk comes to love the village and, desperate to save it from future raids, becomes very fierce - or does he? Notes For children Subject Vikings -- Juvenile fiction. Nonviolence -- Juvenile fiction. Kindness -- Juvenile fiction. Conformity -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Humorous fiction. Children's stories, Australian Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) collection. Fiction. Author Lester, Alison. ISBN 0949641677 :

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