Leif the Lucky

イングリとエドガー・パーレン・ドーレーア夫妻の最高傑作と言われるLeif the Lucky。
赤毛のエリックの息子レイフが、父とバイキングの乗組員と共にグリーンランドへ、そしてさらに西のアメリカ大陸へと航海した物語です。

冒険好きなバイキングの少年レイフが、未知の海を越えて "海岸まで奇妙な木々が生い茂る美しい土地 "に到着します。
白熊の子供と格闘し、オーロラの輝きの中で北欧の神々の激しいレースを見守り、強く勇敢な狩人になるレイフ。
古代サーガの精神と豊かな色彩と細部描写で描かれた若きバイキングの魅力的な伝記絵本です。

Leif the Lucky
Contributor(s): D'Aulaire, Ingri (Author), D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin (Author)
EAN: 9780816695454
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: October 15, 2014
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 1.27 cms H x 31.29 cms L x 24.13 cms W (0.56 kgs) 60 pages

Annotation:
"Originally published in 1941 by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc."

Publisher Marketing:
Considered one of the finest works of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Leif the Lucky will delight both children and adults with the story of Leif, son of Erik the Red, who sailed with his father and a Viking crew to Greenland and then farther west to the continent of America.

In this charming and lavishly illustrated edition, Leif is a sturdy, adventurous Viking boy who crosses uncharted seas to arrive at "a beautiful land with forests of strange trees growing all the way down to the shores." Leif wrestles with polar bear cubs, watches the fierce Norse gods race in the glow of the Northern Lights, and becomes a strong and courageous hunter.
Written in the spirit of the ancient sagas and rich in color and detail, Leif the Lucky is a fascinating biography of the young Viking explorer.