Answer:

Answer by annainca on Wed 06, Aug 2008 04:28pm:

This is "The Ship That Flew" by Hilda Lewis, first published in 1939.

Plot description:

"When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than
anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter
and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time
after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures, to
different countries, and to different times. And why should magic ever
end?"

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"The Ship That Flew" (1939) by Hilda Lewis is available from Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875990673?ie=UTF8&tag=whatsthatbook-20&linkCode=as2

Additional descriptions of the book:

"A model Viking ship that once belonged to the Norse god Frey takes four
children on adventures through time. "

"THE SHIP THAT FLEW is a classic children's book by Hilda Lewis about a
model Viking ship which grows to full size"

"a smattering of several interesting periods in history... Norman England,
Egypt in the time of the great pharaohs.... even a visit to the Norse gods
themselves."

"Peter buys a toy ship that has magic powers"

"Peter, the oldest brother in a family of four (two girls, two boys) buys a
tiny Viking ship in a toy shop,"

"Hilda Lewis, in The Ship That Flew, pricks the imagination with a little
model ship, which young Peter found in an antique-shop, a Viking ship which
grows... "

"Through the magic of a model Viking ship, Peter, his brother and sisters
journey into the past ."

" family of lively children.... Peter, visiting the dentist in the local
town, finds a model of a Viking ship"

" A six-inch Viking ship in a shop window is bought by Peter who discovers
its magic "

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subjects:
time travel fiction
vikings fiction
juvenile fiction