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Asterix and the Normans

(Asterix et les Normands)

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Details

Author(s):René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):Albert Uderzo
Translator(s):Anthea Bell
Derek Hockridge
Publisher(s): Hodder and Stoughton
Year Published: 1978
Type: Hardcover
Softcover
Genre: Adventure
Comic Strip
European
Historical Fiction - Roman
Humorous
Picture Book
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 48
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0340222875
0340243074
0752866230
ISBN-13: 9780340222874
9780340243077
9780752866239
OCLC: 5933334

Description

Normans believe that terror gives you wings so you can fly. They plan to test their theory by pushing Vitalstatistix’s cowardly nephew off the edge of a cliff.

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Other Editions

Asterix and the Vikings (2006)

Based on the film Asterix and the Vikings, which in turn is based on Asterix and the Normans. The Vikings visit Gaul to learn the meaning of fear so they can gain wings.

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Publisher: Orion Children’s Books
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