Illustrated Norse Myths: A Thrilling Illustrated Collection of Viking Myths Featuring Thor and Loki (Usborne Illustrated Story Collections)

This was a gift for my granddaughter and she is enjoying it very much.

Wonderful children's stories and great illustrations.

Read this repeatedly to my 6 year old daughter for bedtime stories. She loves it almost as much as the Greek myths book by Usborne. I like how the book is structured, taking you from the creation of the world through the tales of the gods to the ending of the world - or the prophesying of it by Odin, at least. Within the overall structure there are sections with three stories in each. The individual stories are an ideal length for children about 5-9 I would say (and for grown-ups reading them). The illustrations are generally excellent. One to read over and over.

This is a good book. Its fun, its exciting, its full of stories of gods, ice giants, and adventures. And its written in a brief manner that seems to suit my little boys, as they pay attention to the stories... BUT and this for me is a big but, some of the stories are too hard. I'm not talking about the names of people and places - which are pretty impossible to say - and I appreciate that many old stories are seriously 'adult' in nature. I think these stories could have done with being toned down a lot more. I was reading one story where the baddie does his thing, gets caught, and gets punished. I couldn't read the end of the story as the punishment was to have his family killed in front of him!!! I wonder if there are any other gems in this book i'll have to reinterpret?!

Well this is a great book and a very fun way to lern about the Norse Myths no matter what your age. Clear and easy text and very well illustrated so you can get each and every story come to life for you to remember and enjoy. Shame there are not more books like this for the other Myths from around the world.

Perfectly written and illustrated for kids - mine aged 6-7.

I'm really enjoying reading this to my 11-year-old son (who knows more about Norse myths than I do!). Lovely illustrations and great for their general knowledge.

Bought this book for my daughter who really enjoyed the TV series of the Almighty Johnsons. Since I got it her for Xmas she hasn't put it down. The book itself is of an excellent quality and particularly like the padded front cover. Pictures and words telling of the norse myths is great and easy read

Ich habe das Buch zu Weihnachten für den Sohn einer Freundin bestellt, der mit 15 Jahren gerade dabei ist Englisch für sich zu entdecken und großer Fan von Sagen und Göttern ist. Ihm hat es sehr gut gefallen. Das Buch ist quadratisch und sehr dick. Es ist in großer Druckschrift geschrieben und mit vielen schönen Illustrationen. Die Sprache ist einfach gewählt, weswegen ich das Buch für anfängliches Englisch auch sehr passend finde. Es gibt viele kleine Geschichten, die verständlich beschrieben sind und es damit sehr leicht machen, über die nordischen Götter zu lernen. An sich würde ich das Buch aber im Allgemeinen auch erst für Kinder ab 12/13+ empfehlen, da die Nordischen Sagen doch an mancher Stelle auch in Kinderbüchern etwas brutal erscheinen können

My 6-year-old daughter loves this book! Some of it goes over her head but she really enjoys the stories—we’ve re-read several of the chapters now. Just the right balance of pictures and text.

A magnifique livre adapté, illustré et simplifié pour toute a famille. En revanche, je m'interroge sur les pages vides au milieu de certaines histoires. Par exemple on passe de la page 193 à 196 avec deux pages BLANCHES non imprimées. Ce faisant, une partie de l'histoire manque?!? Bien que noter le vendeur ne soit plus possible, je reste à disposition de "The Garden Store Paris", si leur déongologie/professionalisme leur dictent de me proposer une solution. A beautifully enjoyable illustrated book. I wonder why there are blank pages in the middle of some stories though? For instance pages 194 & 195 are bank. Thus there are holes in some stories. Is the reader supposed to use their creativity and imagination to fill in the gaps?!? Though the deadline to grade the seller is passed, I'm making myself available to the seller "The Garden Store Paris", if their professionalism prompts them to offer a solution to the problem.

Illustrations are fantastic. Very good quality printing and binding. Overall a satisfying purchase.

As a Scandinavian I was very disappointed.. This is written so weirdly! Instead of telling the stories as they should be told, it feels Americanised (think paw patrol books of minimal literary value) and dialogue driven which makes it difficult to read and totally wrecks the stories. Wish I sent it back when I still could.