LoveReading4Kids Says
Jokes flow thick and fast from this most original and inventive Viking adventure, which launched the career of a Viking with a difference. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock grew up at a time of dragons but he was not always a hero. He had to learn to fight them. To do so he had to pass the Dragon Initiation Programme, an awesome schedule run by Gobber the Belch, idiot in charge of initiation on the Isle of Berk. Hiccup was by no means a natural high achiever when it came to dragon training but after many hilarious mishaps, he soon got the hang of it and was on the way to becoming a Hero.
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DreamWorks Animation Press Reviews
Full of bright wit and brutal honesty, this is a brilliant book that launched a huge series ... This is a fantastic adventure that explores failure as well as success and weighs the cost of being different against the price of fitting in with sneaky maturity and shining humour - The List
Has a good story to it -- Jamie, aged 9 - Daily Record
Descriptive and flowing, Cowell's Dragon novels have become deserved hits at the cinema, too. - Time Out
Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'esprit - The Independent
Cowell is a master of storytelling...On a profound level, this series celebrates divergence and being true to oneself, teaching children that they don't have to be carbon copies of their parents - Hay Festival of the Arts
Wise, colourful and funny - Dorset Echo
Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves - The Times
Cressida Cowell's series of the memoirs of Hiccup the Viking are funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader - The Spectator
Top stuff - The Daily Telegraph
Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vivdly imagined alternative world - The Daily Telegraph
This book will definitely make you laugh out loud - Torquay Herald Express
About DreamWorks Animation
Based on the bestselling book series by Cressida Cowell, DreamWorks Animation released two animated feature films in 2010 and 2014. Hugely successful, the films received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations. A third film is planned for a 2019 release starring Cate Blanchett and Jonah Hill. The franchise also consists of four short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2011), Gift of the Night Fury (2011) and Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014). A television series showing the continuing adventures of Hiccup and his friends is currently being shown on Netflix and CBBC. For games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks, check out: www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com and https://www.howtotrainyourdragon.co.uk/
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