Read the original bestselling series that inspired the hit movie sensation! How to Train Your Dragon chronicles the adventures and misadventures of reluctant Viking hero Hiccup and his dragon, Toothless.
Join Hiccup and Toothless on their first three adventures in How to Train Your Dragon: The First Collection. This paperback boxed set includes: How to Train Your Dragon; How to Be a Pirate; and How to Speak Dragonese.
Reviews
‘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 UK children's editor
“Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful.” Independent on Sunday
“..Short chapters, clever slapstick, kid-pleasing character names (e.g., Fishlegs, Dogsbreath the Duhbrain) and goofy, childlike drawings will keep even reluctant readers turning these pages—and chuckling as they go.” Ages 8–12. Publishers Weekly
“Cowell writes laugh-out-loud books with plenty of boy appeal. Cowell's anarchic drawings suit the slapstick humour.” The Herald, UK
“wildly enjoyable comic fantasy that takes the old heroic Norse battle myths and covers them in slime and snot…The hilarious farce will appeal to heroic fiction fans as much as to scaredy-cats, especially since the author extends the nonstop parody with messy black-and-white pencil sketches of the bumbling bedlam.” Grade 4 to 8, Booklist
"full of charm … imaginative and bursting with inventive, off-the-wall humour, making them great stories to be read aloud.' Waterstones Books Quarterly 'a
“inspired series … its enchantment lies primarily in the comical, affectionate and often irritable relationship between Hiccup (the only nerd in the violent Viking Hooligan tribe) and his runty little dragon Toothless…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.” The Times
“This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour … full of the sort of jokes that will make schoolboys snigger.” The Sunday Times
Author Biography
Cressida Cowell lives in London with her husband Simon, children Maisie, Clementine, and Alexander, and two cats Lily and Baloo. In addition to translating Hiccup's memoirs, she has written and illustrated picture books including “Hiccup, the Viking Who Was Seasick,” “Little Bo Peep's Library Book,” and “That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown.”