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How to Train Your Dragon: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons: Book 6 - How to Train Your Dragon (Paperback)
Cressida Cowell (author)Published: 01/06/2017
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.
Hiccup Haddock Horrendous the Third just wants a nice PEACEFUL birthday. But Hiccup's dad wants to steal the prized How to Train Your Dragon book, and prove that his Hooligans are just as good as the Bog Burglars - except Hiccup's dragon Toothless has EATEN it!
So when Camicazi suggests stealing a copy from the grim Meathead Public Library, it seems like a good idea. BUT IT ISN'T! The library is guarded by the Horrible Hairy Scary the Librarian, four hundred Meathead Warrior Guards AND their Driller-Dragons . . .
Will Hiccup survive - or is he DOOMED on his own birthday?
ALSO INCLUDES A DRAGONESE DICTIONARY!
How to Train Your Dragon is now a major DreamWorks franchise starring Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett and Jonah Hill and the TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies and Cartoon Network.
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
ISBN: 9780340999134
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 241 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
A book to dip into, with jokes, riddles and everything you wanted to know about Hiccup's world - Publishing News
Brilliantly funny - Bournemouth Daily Echo
As laugh-out-loud books, they will convert even the most reluctant reader to take their first dip - Times Eductaional Supplement
'exuberantly illustrated ... laugh out-loud books, they will convert even the most relcutant reader to take their first dip.' - Julia Golding, TES
'a hilarious and gripping adventure, beautifully paced and studded with great dramatic scenes.' - Amanda Craig, Times
'Cowell writes laugh-out-loud books with plenty of boy appeal ... Cowell's anarchic drawings suit the slapstick humour.' - The Herald
'Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny, it is as full of joy for children of 7+ who have given up reading as for those who love it.' - Amanda Craig, The Times
Irresistably funny, exciting and endearing - Amanda Craig, The Times
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
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. - 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
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful. - Independent on Sunday
'funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader.' - The Spectator
'If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet, you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature.' - Julia Eccleshare, Guardian children's editor
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