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1,000 years ago, before England had been invented... could a Viking king rule the Saxons who hated him?

Ethelred misses his mum. She was stolen from him by something worse than Vikings. So when a stranger asks his dad for a bed for the night, he is naturally nervous.

But when the stranger and Ethelred start sharing stories of giants, frogs and magic, it isn't long before they discover surprising secrets about each other...

Will Ethelred get his mum back?
How will their adventure affect the future of the country of England?
And just why is King Knut dressed like that?!

Find out by reading and joining in the story of The First King of England... in a Dress!

Written by storytellers Amy Robinson and Chip Colquhoun, the stars of the Oxford Reading Tree's Traditional Tales videos watched and loved by children aged 4-11 across the world.