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About Vikings and invisible friends

Jeremy posted by Jeremy
posted at 18.03.11
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Vikings seem to be in the air at the moment - not literally obviously, unless of course you've been reading DOCTOR BONKERS, where some Vikings are piloting World War One airplanes. (You'll have to read it if you want to find out how come! They're also fighting the ancient Egyptians, who are riding dinosaurs.)

Anyhow, Vikings have cropped up twice this week. A school has asked why there isn't more about them on the website. The answer is - I never thought of it! I've always had a soft spot for Vikings though. There's something about their do or die approach things that catches the imagination. And it's important to remember that they were not just fierce warriors with fierce beards. They were extraordinary explorers of the early world, great farmers and some of the finest early storytellers. So it's three cheers for Vikings, especially Sigurd.

The second mention of Vikings came two days ago, when I was doing a session in Oxford for Bookfeast. A charming young lady (teacher) came up to me after the show and told me that the books about Sigurd had been her favourites when she was a child - so much so that Sigurd became her secret, invisible friend. He lived in her wardrobe! (I wondered where he'd got to!)

I wonder if any of you have ever had an invisible friend? Do tell us!

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  • If I had a invisible viking friend I would get him to go around scaring people posted by Oliver
  • Dr Bonkers is a viking him self
    realy?
    no of couse not he is invisable     posted by Oliver
  • if dr. bonkers is imaginary, why don't you write about him?
    posted by lisa
  • Hi Lisa- I HAVE written about Dr Bonkers. He's in a book called - guess what - DOCTOR BONKERS! (And it's very funny!) posted by Jeremy
  • At school we have something called book trail and we give out prizes for how many books you have read I have read 45 books and most of them are jeremy strong books.I want to be a writer when I'm older and reading Jeremy strong books helps my volcabulary your are a magnificent writer(hey I just used good volcabulary!) posted by Serena
  • Hello Jeremy and fellow fans,

    I am Miss Harwood, the slightly bonkers teacher from Oxford! My family were thrilled to hear that I had met you and all laughed at the memories of the Viking in my wardrobe!

    The children from Windmill loved your presentation and have been writing news articals on their fantastic school trip! Thank you again for making us all 'laugh our socks off!'

    Best wishes, Miss H x
    posted by Natalie Harwood
  • Today we have reviewed Viking in my Bed. We would like to share some of our thoughts - we haven't read it all yet, but this is what we have found out so far.
    Joshua: I thought the funniest part was when his sword was called Nosepicker.
    Jordan: I learnt that was a mystery when he fell off and the ship went away.
    Mac: I have learnt not to fall out of a wardrobe, it makes people faint.

    We will add more thoughts as we keep reading.     posted by Class 3
  • Cool an imaginary viking, I never thought of that. posted by Amber
  • you visited my school shorham i love vikings in my bed!!!! posted by abbie
  • Why are the viking in my bed series of books not on the my books page on your website, and also do you know where i can watch the viking in my bed tv series from cbbc a long time ago. posted by kiran
  • Hi Kiran, I don't think it's possible to get hold of the CBBC series of THERE'S A VIKING IN MY BED - sorry! (It's not my decision - it's a BBC matter.) I didn't realise the VIKING series wasn't on the books page. I guess there are a few books missing. I'll see what I can do about it.
    Best wishes, Jeremy.     posted by Jeremy
  • Keep these atircles coming as they've opened many new doors for me. posted by Makailah
  • It's much easeir to understand when you put it that way! posted by Krystallynn

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