Note: my apologies for the wordless cover! We lost the dust jacket to this one years ago! ******** I was reminiscing with my mum today about "Book Saturdays" during my childhood: weekend days spent reading and being read to, poring over favourite books. And neither of us could believe, when I started looking online, how rare and unheard-of this beloved favourite of my childhood--read dozens if not hundreds of times, and adored by parents and children alike in my family--had become! "Eric: The Tale of a Red-Tempered Viking" (Grove, 1968) is a fantastic book!! Written in a clever style that makes this historical tale silly but still informative, by Susan McDonald Bond, and illustrated in black line drawings on beige except for splashes of orange for Erik's famous hair, by Sally Trinkle, we laughed through these Viking adventures time and again! Highly recommended if you can find it. Pictures from my own copy, so apologies if they're not the best! ⏺ ⏺ ⏺ #SusanMcDonaldBond #SallyTrinkle #ErikTheRed #ErikTheTaleOfARedTemperedViking @groveatlantic #GrovePress #vintagechildrensbook #vintagepicturebook #kidsbookslove #picturebookbiography #booksabouthistory #picturebooksreadaloud #whattoreadtoyourkids #readaloudbooks #littlebookworms #bestofbookworms #kidsbookshelf #readingtogether #childrenbookillustration #readtoyourkids #picturebook #picturebooks #bookcollection #booknerd #storytime #booklovers https://www.instagram.com/p/BzTimZhHS4a/?igshid=1syrwj35dbbcu