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 survive?
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 Curse
5. 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 Fury
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
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. (Philip Womack The Daily Telegraph)
Very funny (Evening Echo (Cork))
Praise for the series: Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d’esprit (The Independent)
I 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 Shadow (The Guardian)
Brilliantly written (Woman’s Way)
An epic finale (Noah Sanders, aged 10 Northern Scot Midweek Extra)
There are some really touching moments alongside rip roaring adventure…I am going to really miss Hiccup’s dragon Toothless (South Wales Evening Post)
Cowell’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. (Philosophy Now Magazine)
Cowell still writes these with pep and inventiveness (The Daily Telegraph)
If 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 sessions (The School Run)
Book Description
The hilarious exploits of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third – the smallish Viking with a longish name. Can he become the Hero everyone expects him to be? Read the bestselling series that inspired the hit DreamWorks film How to Train Your Dragon.