![]() (Scrawled in spiky, capitalized letters, the baby’s cries of “WAAAH!” scream across the pages, evoking both Scandinavian runes and sonic daggers.) When nothing else works, older brother Sven seizes on his love of stories to lull the baby to sleep with a tale of “fantastic voyages and epic feasts and all the adventures they would have.” Penfold folds in fun ancient analogues to tried-and-true methods of appeasing cranky little ones (“She was not amused by shiny plunder. “No, a warrior princess!” Roxas ( Let Me Finish!) shows the scruffy infant glaring cockeyed from underneath a blanket-before she lets loose with a giant wail. “What’s this? A fair maiden?” asks Penfold ( We Are Brothers, We Are Friends). ![]() ![]() ![]() A young Viking with a knack for storytelling steps into new roles when he gains a baby sister. ![]()
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