[MDPOBC] Summer Make and Take: Viking's Longboat

[LASHAWN MYLES -MSL-]

Summer is here and so is summer reading.  The fun started on June 15th and
will continue until August 15th.  Registration is still open for those who
wish to participate. Register for the Oceans of Possibilities summer
program at https://bit.ly/3aoRad7

Our kids, teens, and tweens can earn additional raffle entries by
completing our “Summer Make and Take” monthly activities. Upon your
registration in the summer reading program, we mail you the supplies and
directions

so you can create the activity using basic household materials.  This month
our activity focuses on creating a *Viking Longboat*.


The history of the Vikings and their longboats is quite interesting.  After
watching “The Last Kingdom” on Netflix (not recommended for children), my
mind began wondering more about the history of this nomadic group of
people.  According to Britannica.com
<https://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-people>,

“Viking, also called Norseman or Northman, member of the Scandinavian
seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the
9th to the 11th century and whose disruptive influence profoundly affected
European history.  The Vikings were made up of landowning chieftains and
clan heads, their retainers, freemen, and any energetic young clan members
who sought adventure and booty overseas.

These bands would negotiate the seas in their longships and mount
hit-and-run raids at cities and towns along the coasts of Europe.

The longship, also called Viking ship, type of sail-and-oar vessel that
predominated in northern European waters for more than 1,500 years and
played an important role in history. Ranging from 45 to 75 feet (14 to 23
meters) in length, clinker-built (with overlapped planks), and carrying a
single square sail, the longship was exceptionally sturdy in heavy seas.
Fully developed examples have been found dating from 300 BCE. It carried
the Vikings on their piratical raids of the 9th century and bore Leif
Eriksson to America in 1000.”

With no time to waste, let’s get started creating your Viking ship!  Once
you complete the activity, capture a picture of your creation and mail it
to kidsdesk.lbpd@ maryland.gov.  This will earn you two tickets in any
raffle drawing you select.

You can also read more about the Viking’s theme by checking out these books
from our collection:

Book Number: DB056283

Title Viking it & liking it:: Time Warp Trio, Book 12

Author: Scieszka, Jon.

Annotation Joe, Fred, and Sam, all from Brooklyn, are transported back one
thousand years to Viking times where they meet Leif Eriksson and his
buddies. When the three steal a longboat and try to escape, the Norse
explorers chase after them. For grades 3-6. 2002.

Book Number DB012373

Title Viking adventure

Author: Bulla, Clyde Robert.

Annotation A thirteen-year-old Viking boy, raised by his father to be
strong and courageous, goes on his first ocean voyage. The journey holds
danger, excitement, and sadness. For grades 3-6.

Book Number DB072291

Title How to train your dragon:: Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking,
Books 1-6

Author: Cowell, Cressida.

Series Cowell. Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking

Annotation Follows the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous
Haddock the Third on his rise to fame in his Viking clan, the Tribe of the
Hairy Hooligans, and his desperate dragon-training exploits. Basis for the
movie. For grades 3-6. 2010.

Book Number DB061261

Title Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition

Author: Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.

Annotation Biography of Leif Eriksson, son of Norseman Erik the Red.
Describes his boyhood in Greenland, his year in King Olaf's court in
Norway, and his expedition--five hundred years before Christopher
Columbus's famous journey--during which he led a group of Vikings to the
shores of North America. For grades 3-6. 2003.

Book Number DB071661

Title American Archaeology Uncovers the Vikings

Author: Huey, Lois Miner.

Annotation Examines the long-held theory that Vikings landed in North
America five hundred years before Columbus did. Discusses archaeological
evidence of a Viking settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland that
was excavated between 1961-1968 and suggests reasons other Viking sites
have not been discovered. For grades 4-7. 2010.

Book Number DB012140

Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary.

Annotation Jestyn, an orphaned Englishman, is sold into slavery to the
Vikings in the tenth century. He swears brotherhood with a Viking and
accepts the Viking's vendetta as his own. The blood feud leads the two to
Constantinople, where Jestyn is caught between duty to kill and duty to
heal. For junior and senior high and adult readers.

Book Number DB087186

Title The Vikings:: a very short introduction

Author: Richards, J. D.
Annotation Explores the world of the Vikings: their history and culture and
their legacy of overseas expansion for trade, colonization, and plunder.
Highlights archaeological evidence to examine Viking identity and what we
know about their towns, art, shipbuilding, and religious rituals. Looks at
their exploitation as symbols of nationalism in the nineteenth century.
2005.

Happy Reading,
*LM*

-- 




LaShawn Myles

Youth Services Librarian

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