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How to Train Your Dragon

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How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell is a delightful tale about a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, who seeks to prove himself by training a dragon. Set on the Isle of Berk, Hiccup's journey is both humorous and adventurous as he encounters unexpected challenges and learns valuable life lessons. This story is an entertaining mix of courage, friendship, and clever problem-solving.
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You might enjoy this book if you love a thrilling adventure filled with humour and heartwarming friendships. As you follow the journey of a young Viking boy learning to be a hero by training a dragon, the whimsical illustrations and clever storytelling create an enchanting world sure to capture the imaginations of children and the young at heart.

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How to Train Your Dragon

The hilarious exploits of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third - the smallish Viking with a longish name. Can he become the Hero everyone expects him to be? Read the bestselling series that inspired the hit DreamWorks film How to Train Your Dragon.

The story of Hiccup Haddock Horrendous III's rise to fame, through his dragon-training exploits, told in his own words. Read the book that inspired the hit DreamWorks film How to Train Your Dragon.

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Read the HILARIOUS books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero. In the first How to Train Your Dragon book, Hiccup must lead ten novices in their initiation into the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. They have to train their dragons or be BANISHED from the tribe FOR EVER! But what if Hiccup's dragon resembles an ickle brown bunny with wings? And has NO TEETH? The Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus is stirring and wants to devour every Viking on the Isle of Berk... Can Hiccup save the tribe - and become a Hero? How to Train Your Dragon is a major award-winning DreamWorks film series. There is also a new live action movie due to be released in 2025. The TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies and Cartoon Network.

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How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell is celebrated for its charming and imaginative storytelling, bursting with inventive humour that makes it an ideal read-aloud book. It features the endearing relationship between the unusual Viking protagonist, Hiccup, and his small dragon, Toothless, creating an enchanting combination of cartoons and witty narrative. The series is described as fiercely exciting, laugh-aloud funny, and appealing both to children who enjoy reading and those looking for a joyful return to it, with its humour appealing to a range of ages.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780340999073

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 February 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Illustration: b/w throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 243g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the globally bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series. Her next series, The Wizards of Once, was an international bestseller. Cressida is also the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. The Which Way series is her most recent and has already been translated into 15 languages.

How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 42 languages. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC. The Wizards of Once has been translated into 38 languages and also signed by DreamWorks.

Cressida was the Waterstones Children's Laureate (2019-2022). She is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now' magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity.

She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.

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