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If I had to point out a book that is good for teaching the beginner a little bit about heathenry, and more importantly about the basics of heathen thinking, I would suggest A Practical Heathens Guide to Asatru by Patricia M. Lafayllve. It's by no means perfect (I haven't found a beginners book that is), and includes a few things I'd rather see left out, but it's the best beginners book I've personally read.

A few resources for anyone wanting to learn more about crafting Viking-age swords:

• WATCH Secrets of the Viking Sword (NOVA) on YouTube
  
• Hurstwic's page on Viking Age Arms
  
• Fantastic Reddit thread from /r/SWORDS - "What kinds of weapons did Vikings use besides the traditional swords and axes, and why was the particular style of sword they used selected?"
  
• Wiki entry
  
  Edit: Further reading (tried to find free, online sources)...
  
  
• ‘A Metallurgical Study of some Viking Swords' by Alan Williams
  
• Scandinavian bronzecasting in the Viking Age and the Early Middle Ages by Anders Söderberg Found Here
  
• Viking Age Ironworking: The Evidence from Old Norse Literature by Mark E. Hall Found here
  
• Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Peirce Found on Amazon
  
  
  

Here ya go. Get her some of these before she has to ask. You'll be her hero.

This should work

1. Myth of the Eternal Return, Mircea Eliade.
   
2. Culture of the Teutons, Villhelm Grönbech
   
3. We are Our Deeds, Eric Wodening