Viking Who Liked Icing
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"A winner with my grandson. And I liked it too!" - Prue Leith
"A beautiful book about following your dreams" - David Atherton, Winner of the Great British Bake-Off
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A hilarious and original picture book about believing in yourself and learning how to shine.
Nut isn't like the other Vikings; he doesn't climb hills or swim icy lakes … but he does have one great passion – Nut LOVES to bake cakes! So, when Viking Sports Day comes round, it looks like certain disaster for Nut. Can his baking SAVE THE DAY?
Told in effortless verse, The Viking Who Liked Icing is a hilarious, heartwarming picture book about being yourself.
Lu Fraser worked for many years in children's brand licensing before heading off to the country to start scribbling children's books in her wonky hut at the end of the garden. She is an incredibly exciting new picture book talent and The Viking Who Liked Icing is the first of four books contracted with Bloomsbury. Lu lives in Hampshire with her husband and young daughter.
While living in Spain, Mark rediscovered a childhood love of drawing and realised his favourite thing to do is to make up silly stories and draw pigs robbing banks. He swiftly returned to England where he began studying Children’s Book Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art. Mark lives in London.