- Graphic Novels
- Ages 6–9
- Comedy
Pablo and Splash: Viking Voyage
Book 4 of 4 in Pablo and SplashView the full series
The fourth full-length Pablo and Splash adventure sends the penguins to Viking-era Ireland, with longships, monks and Benji's treasure-hunting chaos. It should work as another highly accessible, funny time-travel graphic novel for 6–9s.
- Best for6–9
- FormatGraphic
- Length240 pp
- Read aloud~1 hr55 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Adventurous
- Exciting
- Suspenseful
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
When Pablo and Splash tell their cheeky friend Benji about Vikings and their impressive longships, Benji becomes desperate to steal a time machine and go plundering for treasure. Pablo and Splash must travel to Viking-era Ireland in time to warn the monks about the imminent invasion and somehow make their own mark on history. This fourth full-length volume keeps the series' successful structure: two expressive penguin best friends, a new historical period, time-machine trouble and enough visual comedy to keep even reluctant readers moving. The Viking setting adds longships, raids and ancient-history adventure, but the tone remains firmly comic rather than frightening. Because it is a 2026 title, taxonomy should be lightly reviewed after publication, but current publisher metadata clearly positions it as a main-series 240-page graphic novel rather than a mini-book.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 6–9
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 6–9
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Works well for
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
3 / 5 · Workable
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- Funny graphic novel
- Viking adventure
- Time travel
- Reluctant readers
- Penguin adventure
Avoid if
- Needs available now
- Wants dense prose
- Prefers realistic stories
- Very sensitive to raids or capture
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
- Interested in science
- Making friends
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A funny time-travel adventure-comic series — a reluctant-reader pleaser and classroom-library pick.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific kick is Benji wanting to plunder — telling him about Viking longships sending him after the time machine for treasure, the penguins racing back to warn the monks of the imminent raid. The fourth Pablo and Splash with Viking-era Ireland as the playground.
- Adventure and freedom
- Animal companions
- Friendship and belonging
- Surviving danger
- Time travel
Why parents love it
The fourth Pablo and Splash — Viking setting adding longships and raids, time-machine trouble engine intact, 240-page main-series volume rather than mini-book. Reliable historical-comedy continuation.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Conversation starter
In the series
Pablo and Splash.
4 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Sheena Dempsey.
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Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
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