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. It is the Doomsday of Yule. At the end of this day,either the humans or the dragons will face extinction. Alvin the Treacherous is about to be crowned the King of the Wilderwest on the island of Tomorrow. His reign of terror will begin with the destruction of dragons everywhere.The fate of the dragon world lies in the hands of one young boy: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. If Hiccup can't beat Alvin the Treacherous then the entire human AND dragon race will become extinct. The time has come to prove himself,once and for all. Will Hiccup - with the help of his friends Fishlegs,Camicazi and Toothless the dragon - finally be crowned KING And will the dragons surviveHow 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 GroupISBN: 9781444927535Number of pages: 496Weight: 439 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 36 mm

There is a deep humanity to the novel's resolution,which understands that endings are not really endings at all,and that life contains a mixture of the good,the evil and the just plain ordinary. The best children's books make the world magical. As every child looks for Narnia in the back of a wardrobe,so I hope that,for years to come,children will see dragons all around them. How to fight a dragon's fury is a resounding finale,full of fire and smoke,love,honour and old fashioned thrills. It's a triumph.Very funnyPraise for the series: Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'espritI am really sad this series has ended because it's my absolute favourite series. I have enjoyed all of Hiccup's adventures and really wish dragons were real; I would love to go into my garden and discover a Riproarer or maybe a triple-headed Deadly ShadowBrilliantly writtenAn epic finaleThere are some really touching moments alongside rip roaring adventure...I am going to really miss Hiccup's dragon ToothlessCowell's How to Train Your Dragon books stand out not only for their humour,excitement,and startlingly vivid descriptive language,but also,more surprisingly,for their profound meditations on complex political,historical,emotional and moral themes. They incite children to reason and to question,and inspire their imagination and inquisitiveness.Cowell still writes these with pep and inventivenessIf your child's already a fan they'll devour this in a few hours; if not,cancel all Christmas plans and prepare for some mammoth reading sessionsMy children's book of the year... (How to Train Your Dragon) has kept a consistent flow of brilliant characters,jokes,stylish writing,illustrations and ideas - and the finale is tremendous. Her geeky,once-despised Viking hero,Hiccup,saves humanity (and dragons) from certain doom in an unpredictable,satisfying way. This series is one of the greatest ever written for those between eight and 12. Buy them all and your holidays will be blessed with perfect peace.Wihtout question,Cowell has crafted a modern classic. The world she has created,throwing readers back into a time when dragons and humans inhabited the same place,is every bit as consuming and deep as Harry's in Hogwarts...And so the fight - part Doctor Who,part biblical epic - begins.gripping,a worthy end to something very specialCressida Cowell won the Philosophy Now prize this year...it turns out that the adventures of Hiccup,the Heroes and the dragons raise big questions about courage,parent-child relationships,friendship,bullying,what is means to be a boy and particularly,what is truly valuable. This opens with a sock-it-to-'em chapter and builds from thereThis book is awesome; a truly fitting finale for such an amazing seriesFlaming goodThe future is in the hands of a popular hero,Hiccup,who'll make you laugh along the way. Superb illustrations,too.The story is full of excitement,danger,magic and triumph. This tremendous final adventure for Hiccup and his dragons is unmissable(Toothless) is the world's most adorable dragon,and there are probably very few who would argue thatWith a story that soars and dips,twists and turns like a dragon's flight path,this is the brilliant final episode in a series that belongs on the bookshelves of every child who loves a turbulent thriller of a takeIf your children haven't discovered these brilliant stories yet,they're missing a trick.Now out in paperback is How to Fight a Dragon's Fury,the 12th and last in the series of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's hilariously haphazard instruction manuals on how to be a hero the hard wayThis is my favourite book ever! It's about different types of dragons,how they behave and how to find them!...I adore this book so much that I couldn't stop reading it!Cowell addresses some big issues in this magical and mysterious tale that is bound to become a modern classicThere is a deep humanity to the novel's resolution,which understands that endings are not really endings at all,and that life contains a mixture of the good,the evil and the just plain ordinary. The best children's books make the world magical. As every child looks for Narnia in the back of a wardrobe,so I hope that,for years to come,children will see dragons all around them. How to fight a dragon's fury is a resounding finale,full of fire and smoke,love,honour and old fashioned thrills. It's a triumph.Very funnyPraise for the series: Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'espritI am really sad this series has ended because it's my absolute favourite series. I have enjoyed all of Hiccup's adventures and really wish dragons were real; I would love to go into my garden and discover a Riproarer or maybe a triple-headed Deadly ShadowBrilliantly writtenAn epic finaleThere are some really touching moments alongside rip roaring adventure...I am going to really miss Hiccup's dragon ToothlessCowell's How to Train Your Dragon books stand out not only for their humour,excitement,and startlingly vivid descriptive language,but also,more surprisingly,for their profound meditations on complex political,historical,emotional and moral themes. They incite children to reason and to question,and inspire their imagination and inquisitiveness.Cowell still writes these with pep and inventivenessIf your child's already a fan they'll devour this in a few hours; if not,cancel all Christmas plans and prepare for some mammoth reading sessionsMy children's book of the year... (How to Train Your Dragon) has kept a consistent flow of brilliant characters,jokes,stylish writing,illustrations and ideas - and the finale is tremendous. Her geeky,once-despised Viking hero,Hiccup,saves humanity (and dragons) from certain doom in an unpredictable,satisfying way. This series is one of the greatest ever written for those between eight and 12. Buy them all and your holidays will be blessed with perfect peace.Wihtout question,Cowell has crafted a modern classic. The world she has created,throwing readers back into a time when dragons and humans inhabited the same place,is every bit as consuming and deep as Harry's in Hogwarts...And so the fight - part Doctor Who,part biblical epic - begins.gripping,a worthy end to something very specialCressida Cowell won the Philosophy Now prize this year...it turns out that the adventures of Hiccup,the Heroes and the dragons raise big questions about courage,parent-child relationships,friendship,bullying,what is means to be a boy and particularly,what is truly valuable. This opens with a sock-it-to-'em chapter and builds from thereThis book is awesome; a truly fitting finale for such an amazing seriesFlaming goodThe future is in the hands of a popular hero,Hiccup,who'll make you laugh along the way. Superb illustrations,too.The story is full of excitement,danger,magic and triumph. This tremendous final adventure for Hiccup and his dragons is unmissable(Toothless) is the world's most adorable dragon,and there are probably very few who would argue thatWith a story that soars and dips,twists and turns like a dragon's flight path,this is the brilliant final episode in a series that belongs on the bookshelves of every child who loves a turbulent thriller of a takeIf your children haven't discovered these brilliant stories yet,they're missing a trick.Now out in paperback is How to Fight a Dragon's Fury,the 12th and last in the series of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's hilariously haphazard instruction manuals on how to be a hero the hard wayThis is my favourite book ever! It's about different types of dragons,how they behave and how to find them!...I adore this book so much that I couldn't stop reading it!

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.