Listen to the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike.
THE STORY BEGINS in the first volume of Hiccup’s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs…
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn’t always like that.
In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you’d ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport and CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet… It’s time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero.
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.
Review
The first in the successful series… perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class. (The Sunday Telegraph)
Mentioned in the 100 Best Children’s Books Ever (Novels) (The Daily Telegraph)
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’s children’s books editor)
Filled with thrilling adventure and action-packed heroes (Charlotte Tarling, Year 6 Country Child)
By turns hilarious and wise, it’s never predictable, brilliantly illustrated and always delightful (The Times)
Proper modern classics (Sunday Express)
Hilarious (guardian.co.uk)
A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure (Observer)
The start of the most original series for kids in ages. Funny, clever and great for the whole family to share (Dundee Courier)
Her genuinely fierce, intelligent and scary dragons nearly steal the show, but Hiccup and his diminutive sidekick ultimately come out on top, both displaying a proper hero’s mix of quick wit, courage and loyalty (Kirkus)
Book Description
The story of Hiccup Haddock Horrendous III’s rise to fame, through his dragon-training exploits, told in Hiccup’s own words by David Tennant, reading Cressida Cowell’s marvellous translation from the Old Norse!
UNABRIDGED recording.