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 Hiccup's dragon Toothless is captured by Romans,only Hiccup and his friend Fishlegs can rescue him. But things get WORSE,when the Romans steal Hiccup's precious book HOW TO SPEAK DRAGONESE and Hiccup and Fishlegs are taken off to the Fortress of Sinister!Now they must save Toothless AND themselves - but how can they possibly escape 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 GroupISBN: 9780340999097Number of pages: 256Weight: 240 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mm
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Vikings,dragons,Romans and mayhem cavort across the pages in their usual irreverent and hilarious styleVikings,dragons,Romans and mayhem cavort across the pages in their usual irreverent and hilarious styleThese Hiccup stories are a sure-fire hit with children aged 6 and over. Full of quirky,child-like illustrations,they sparkle with humour and wit. The adventure is rip-roaringly fast and will engage from the very first pageThese Hiccup stories are a sure-fire hit with children aged 6 and over. Full of quirky,child-like illustrations,they sparkle with humour and wit. The adventure is rip-roaringly fast and will engage from the very first pageGood jokes,funny drawings and dramatic scenesGood jokes,funny drawings and dramatic scenesThis is book three in the How to Train Your Dragon series. They keep getting better and better. It's the best book ever!This is book three in the How to Train Your Dragon series. They keep getting better and better. It's the best book ever!'If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet,you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature.''Irresistably funny,exciting and endearing'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.'A super story,inventive,ingenious,perpetually surprising. One to cherish.A wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story.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.... raucous and slapstick... liberally illustrated with (Cressida Cowell's) riotous drawings,notes and maps.(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.Cowell brings Hiccup to life in this silly and delightful little novel.Bulging with good jokes,funny drawings and dramatic scenes,it is absolutely wonderful.'hilarious''funny and well writen''another fiendishly funny catalogue of disaster'We've loved Hiccup's dragon training adventures from the start. (tBk's Top 40 Children's Books)It's the best book ever! They keep getting better and better.
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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