{"id":35074,"date":"2026-06-15T07:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/?p=35074"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:54:30","slug":"pablo-and-splash-viking-voyage-by-sheena-dempsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/pablo-and-splash-viking-voyage-by-sheena-dempsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo and Splash: Viking Voyage by Sheena Dempsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/pablo-and-splash-viking-voyage-by-sheena-dempsey\/attachment\/9781526690876\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?fit=334%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"334,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"9781526690876\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?fit=334%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35075 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\"><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/pablo-and-splash-viking-voyage-by-sheena-dempsey\/attachment\/9781526690876\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?fit=334%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"334,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"9781526690876\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?fit=334%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35075\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?resize=334%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?w=334&amp;ssl=1 334w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?resize=120%2C180&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Jun 2o26<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Publisher: Bloomsbury&nbsp;<\/i><br \/>\n<i>ISBN: 9781526690876<\/i><\/p>\n<p>See also:<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-book-open\" style=\"solid\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/2026-fcbg-childrens-book-award-winners\/\">Pablo and Splash: Roman Holiday<\/a> [winner of 2026 FCBG Children\u2019s Book Award]<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-book-open\" style=\"solid\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/pablo-and-splash-by-sheena-dempsey\/\">Pablo and Splash 1<\/a> [ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Jan 2024]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/pablo-and-splash-viking-voyage-by-sheena-dempsey\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2-__cr00970300_pt0_sx970_v1___\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?fit=970%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"pablo01.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?fit=970%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35076 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"300\"><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/pablo-and-splash-viking-voyage-by-sheena-dempsey\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2-__cr00970300_pt0_sx970_v1___\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?fit=970%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"pablo01.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?fit=970%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?resize=970%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?w=970&amp;ssl=1 970w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?resize=300%2C93&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?resize=150%2C46&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?resize=768%2C238&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9cfe05dd-5a7a-462d-af9a-913137cf42d2.__CR00970300_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg?resize=348%2C108&amp;ssl=1 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In this fourth title in the highly popular graphic novel series, when Pablo and Splash tell their cheeky friend Benji about the Vikings and their impressive longships, Benji is desperate to steal a time machine to go plundering for treasure with those ancient warriors. Our intrepid time-travelling heroes Pablo and Splash must get to Viking-era Ireland in time to warn the monks about the imminent invasion &#8211; and make their own mark on history.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yxaJZH1MoHo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sheena Dempsey is an Irish children\u2019s book illustrator and author from Cork. She moved to the UK in 2009 to study for a Masters in Illustration at Kingston University and now lives in Folkestone. Follow her on <i class=\"fab fa-instagram\" style=\"brands\"><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYmVJuVq1k_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYmVJuVq1k_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Sheena Dempsey (@sheenadempsey)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2026 FCBG Children\u2019s Book Award Winners Announced:<br \/>\nPablo and Splash: Roman Holiday by Sheena Dempsey is the Overall Winner of the 2026 FCBG Awards<br \/>\n[see the post for the other winners]<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ClKv1S9u6K\">https:\/\/t.co\/ClKv1S9u6K<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3YzcvyP0Tw\">pic.twitter.com\/3YzcvyP0Tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACHUKA (@achuka) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/achuka\/status\/2066234954615238821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sheena Dempsey popped into Chapters with Pablo &amp; Splash and we are now fully recommitted to two time-travelling penguins!<\/p>\n<p>Dinosaurs, Ice Age chaos, Ancient Rome, Vikings excellent comic timing. Funny, bright and gloriously unhinged.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/PabloAndSplash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PabloAndSplash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/KidsBooks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KidsBooks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKrkaFmeKb\">pic.twitter.com\/rKrkaFmeKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chapters Bookstore Dublin (@chaptersbooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chaptersbooks\/status\/2057400440556318999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Jun 2o26 Publisher: Bloomsbury&nbsp; ISBN: 9781526690876 See also: Pablo and Splash: Roman Holiday [winner of 2026 FCBG Children\u2019s Book Award] Pablo and Splash 1 [ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Jan 2024] In this fourth title in the highly popular graphic novel series, when Pablo and Splash tell their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2929,18],"tags":[630],"class_list":["post-35074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bookoftheday","category-pb","tag-graphic-novel","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?resize=334%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?resize=334%2C500&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"achuka","author_link":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/author\/achuka\/"},"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9781526690876.jpg?fit=334%2C500&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achuka.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}