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'If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet, you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature.'
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON:
CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK: 'This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour ... full of the sort of jokes that will make schoolboys snigger.' (Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times 20030622)
A super story, inventive, ingenious, perpetually surprising. One to cherish. (Armadillo, Spring 2003 20030622)
A wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story. (Waterstones Quarterly Magazine )
How to Train Your Dragon is a delightful narrative caper... It offers a challenging read to 11-year-olds, and rewards reading aloud, especially for those who relish an element of theatre at story time. (Lindsey Fraser, Sunday Herald, Glasgow )
... raucous and slapstick... liberally illustrated with [Cressida Cowell's] riotous drawings, notes and maps. (The Financial Times )
[Cressida Cowell] puts a contemporary spin on the old brains over brawn moral and brings the story to a climax with a thrilling dragon duel. Lots for lots of different readers to enjoy. (Books for Keeps )
Cowell brings Hiccup to life in this silly and delightful little novel. (St Paul Pioneer Press )
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful. (Independent on Sunday )
(Julia Eccleshare, Guardian children's editor 20030622)
'Irresistably funny, exciting and endearing'
(Amanda Craig, The Times 20030622)HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON:
CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK: 'This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour ... full of the sort of jokes that will make schoolboys snigger.' (Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times 20030622)
A super story, inventive, ingenious, perpetually surprising. One to cherish. (Armadillo, Spring 2003 20030622)
A wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story. (Waterstones Quarterly Magazine )
How to Train Your Dragon is a delightful narrative caper... It offers a challenging read to 11-year-olds, and rewards reading aloud, especially for those who relish an element of theatre at story time. (Lindsey Fraser, Sunday Herald, Glasgow )
... raucous and slapstick... liberally illustrated with [Cressida Cowell's] riotous drawings, notes and maps. (The Financial Times )
[Cressida Cowell] puts a contemporary spin on the old brains over brawn moral and brings the story to a climax with a thrilling dragon duel. Lots for lots of different readers to enjoy. (Books for Keeps )
Cowell brings Hiccup to life in this silly and delightful little novel. (St Paul Pioneer Press )
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful. (Independent on Sunday )
'hilarious'
(www.writeaway.org )'funny and well writen'
(Cheri Lloyd )'another fiendishly funny catalogue of disaster'
(Pet O'Connell )Product Description
Read the original books before you see the How to Train Your Dragon film!
THE STORY CONTINUES in the third volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs ...
Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero.
Climbing on to a Roman Dragon Rustling ship by mistake in your first 'Boarding an Enemy Ship' lesson is bad enough. But to then discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when he steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese. Can Hiccup save the dragons and the day?
How to Train Your Dragon is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell.
Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the How to Train Your Dragon series in How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale, A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon's Storm, and How to Break a Dragon's Heart.
Check out the all-new Hiccup website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com It's the place to go for games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks! Read all about Hiccup and all of your favourite characters, learn to speak Dragonese and train your own dragon to do tricks!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My whole family are hopelessly in love with Hiccup the Useless and his Dragon Toothless. The Viking nerd is back, trying to learn how to handle a boat in the usual ghastly weather off Berk when they are captured by Romans. Hiccup and his best friend Fishlegs escpae, but poor Toothless is captured, and in order to rescue him the boys have to team up with the daughter of a neighbouring tribe, Kamikazi. The madly funny drawings and great dialogue lie over more thoughtful stuff about what makes a real hero. Absolutely perfect for age 6-13. We can't wait for the audio version, too, read by the new Dr. Who.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is immense fun!
Hiccup reminded me of Artemis Fowl with his plans, his cunning and his fierce intelligence, but he's more positive than Eoin Colfer's flawed (though IMO also very enjoyable!) anithero.
Hiccup, along with his friends, gets into scrapes because he is not that talented at being a Viking - the problems start when he and his friend Fishlegs attempt rather foolhardily to board a peaceable fishermen's boat and pick the wrong vessel, and from then on disasters of hilarious proportions come thick and fast.
The book is full of the kind of jokes young boys find hilarious, but even this (rather older...) lass found much of it funny, sometimes side-splittingly so. Vivid characters and an endlessly inventive storyline had me hooked.
David Tennant must also be highly commended for bringing the characters to life with such immense verve and a highly entertaining range of voices and accents. Favourites of mine (though all of them were brilliant) included Stoick, who sounded something like Sean Connery's elderly granddad, Fishlegs, whose endless incapacity for piracy brought desperation to his every word, and Camikazi, heir to the Bog Burglers, who had me in stitches every time she appeared.
Overall, a wonderful book read with immense talent, enthusiasm and inventiveness by a talented storyteller, this is a must-own. A little too old for my nephew just yet, but it will be no hardship looking after the discs for him until he's old enough to claim them!
Hiccup reminded me of Artemis Fowl with his plans, his cunning and his fierce intelligence, but he's more positive than Eoin Colfer's flawed (though IMO also very enjoyable!) anithero.
Hiccup, along with his friends, gets into scrapes because he is not that talented at being a Viking - the problems start when he and his friend Fishlegs attempt rather foolhardily to board a peaceable fishermen's boat and pick the wrong vessel, and from then on disasters of hilarious proportions come thick and fast.
The book is full of the kind of jokes young boys find hilarious, but even this (rather older...) lass found much of it funny, sometimes side-splittingly so. Vivid characters and an endlessly inventive storyline had me hooked.
David Tennant must also be highly commended for bringing the characters to life with such immense verve and a highly entertaining range of voices and accents. Favourites of mine (though all of them were brilliant) included Stoick, who sounded something like Sean Connery's elderly granddad, Fishlegs, whose endless incapacity for piracy brought desperation to his every word, and Camikazi, heir to the Bog Burglers, who had me in stitches every time she appeared.
Overall, a wonderful book read with immense talent, enthusiasm and inventiveness by a talented storyteller, this is a must-own. A little too old for my nephew just yet, but it will be no hardship looking after the discs for him until he's old enough to claim them!
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Great book to read aloud
I had read the latest Hiccup book to my children and I found it a bit slow to begin with and I was beginning to wonder why they were so popular. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrew Dalby
how to speak dragonese
this book is the third in the series and its funny and adventurous i would reccomend it for people who like fantasy, heroics, adventurous and action packed books. Read more
Published 4 months ago by stuart
Storyteller
These sets of books are essential for learning, reading ability and for bedtime stories for the specific age groups shown.
Published 4 months ago by Flash70
How to speak drganese
Excellent ............ bought as part of a Christmas present. Arrived in good time and was as described. Many thanks for excellent service
Published 5 months ago by AB
Brilliant
The Hiccup books are just wonderful. We found them thanks to the film, but they are far more entertaining than the film. Read more
Published 9 months ago by PeterW
How to speak dragonese
We all love Hiccup, I particulary love Fishlegs and his hummor! We have spent many hours listening in the car and they have kept us all entertained from twin boys of 6, daughter of... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs
Great reading
I bought this series of books for my grandchildren to read but I have fallen in love with them myself! Read more
Published 17 months ago by roni
Fantastic yarn
loved this booked as does my son who is 6. I often read an extra chapter just to find out how hiccup will escape!
Published 21 months ago by JB
loved it
This gets the ultimate thumbs up, after the childern had listened to this, then my husband borrowed it to listen to in the car! so suitable for all ages :)
Published 23 months ago by Hels
Delightful
I bought this as a present for my grandson, as he'd recently seen the film of How To Train Your Dragon, and I hope to buy the complete set for him.He is delighted with the book.
Published on 26 May 2010 by A. D. Bourne
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