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How to Train Your Dragon

By Cressida Cowell
Series: How to Train Your Dragon
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How to Train Your Dragon follows Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, a thoughtful young Viking who faces the daunting challenge of catching and training a dragon to pass his clan's initiation test. Amidst humorous escapades and daring adventures, Hiccup discovers a new way to bond with dragons and emerges as an unlikely hero.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This action-packed and beautifully illustrated tale is perfect for children and young readers who enjoy adventure, humour, and stories about friendship and bravery. Fans of fantasy and Viking-themed tales will find this series especially delightful.

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Packed with energetic black-and-white drawings and plenty of action, this book tells the boisterous tale of a young heir to a Viking chiefdom who must hunt down the fiercest dragon in the land, but ends up with the smallest, most ornery dragon.

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7 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE SERIES THAT INSPIRED THE HIT MOVIES!

Action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly illustrated, How to Train Your Dragon is a beloved modern classic with millions of fans across the globe. Journey into the adventure that started it all for Hiccup and Toothless!

In the book that started it all, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb? Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons--and becomes a hero.

See How to Train Your Dragon come to life in the new live-action movie--coming to theatres June 2025!

Read all the books in the series!
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Be a Pirate
How to Speak Dragonese
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
How to Break a Dragon's Heart
How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
How to Fight a Dragon's Fury

For more fantastic stories from Cressida Cowell, don't miss the out-of-this-world Which Way to Anywhere adventures, and The Wizards of Once series.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316085274

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown & Company

Illustration: Line drawings, black and white

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 191.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 256

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Cressida Cowell DreamWorks Dragons Series: How to Train Your Dragon Young Adult

About the Author

Cressida Cowell is the #1 internationally bestselling author and illustrator of The Wizards of Once and the How to Train Your Dragon series. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, where she spent her time writing stories, fishing for things to eat, and exploring the island. She now lives in Hammersmith, England, with her husband, three children, and a dog named Pigeon.

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