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. When a huge,six-and-a-half-foot floating coffin with the words BEWARE! DO NOT OPEN THIS COFFIN arrives,can you guess what happens nextThe Quest to discover the treasure of Hiccup's ancestors begins and Hiccup needs to find it before Alvin the Treacherous gets his hands on it. But when a dragon called the Monstrous Strangulator is thrown into the mix,things are about to get seriously SCARY.READ ALL 12 BOOKS IN THE SERIES! You don't have to read the books in order,but if you want to,this is the right order: 1. How to Train Your Dragon 2. How to Be a Pirate 3. How to Speak Dragonese 4. How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse5. How to Twist a Dragon's Tale 6. A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons 7. How to Ride a Dragon's Storm 8. How to Break a Dragon's Heart 9. How to Steal a Dragon's Sword 10.How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel 11. How to Betray a Dragon's Hero 12. How to Fight a Dragon's FuryHow 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.
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Publisher: Hachette Children's GroupISBN: 9780340999080Number of pages: 240Weight: 218 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 16 mm
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This is a maniacally crazy story liberally spattered with appropriately riotous illustrations,lists and mapsThis is a maniacally crazy story liberally spattered with appropriately riotous illustrations,lists and mapsIt's a wonderfully vibrant story,illustrated with the author's hilarious drawings,and told with a delightfully gobby sense of humourIt's a wonderfully vibrant story,illustrated with the author's hilarious drawings,and told with a delightfully gobby sense of humourCowell is a new star in children's fictionCowell is a new star in children's fictionGreat jokes and suberb characters will appeal to boys and girls alikeGreat jokes and suberb characters will appeal to boys and girls alikeVery funny indeedVery funny indeedWitty writing and funny drawings and notes ensure that this clever Viking story keeps its readers laughingWitty writing and funny drawings and notes ensure that this clever Viking story keeps its readers laughingCHILDREN'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.'A wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story.A wonderful adventureA wonderful adventureHow 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.(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.... raucous and slapstick... liberally illustrated with (Cressida Cowell's) riotous drawings,notes and maps.Bulging with good jokes,funny drawings and dramatic scenes,it is absolutely wonderful.An excellent sequel to How to Train Your Dragon,this highly amusing adventure story with a dash of toilet humour is perfect reading for boys and girls alike aged 8-12.Full of madcap action,to-the-death battles and hysterical Viking tomfooleryCowell is a new star in children's fictionextraordinary,funny and coolgood holiday reading for any young adventurerAs the tension mounts,an hilarious and warming story emerges. It cries to be read aloud.A maniacally crazy story liberally spattered with...riotous illustrations,lists and maps.'Irresistibly funny,exciting and endearing''If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet,you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature.'
Cressida Cowell
After cutting her teeth as writer and illustrator on several picture books,Cressida Cowell's peerless How to Train Your Dragon debuted in 2001,effortlessly spinning humour,intelligence and wild adventure into a hugely successful 12 book series. Simultaneously,Cowell continued to involve herself with the picture book medium with her Emily Brown tales,and has recently embarked on a new sequence of tales,The Wizards of Once.
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