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How to Train Your Dragon: Book 1

Cressida Cowell

How to Train Your Dragon: Book 1

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  • Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
  • Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery

Average rating

5 out 5

547 reviews

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. In the first How to Train Your Dragon book Hiccup must lead ten novices in their initiation into the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. They have to train their dragons or be BANISHED from the tribe FOR EVER! But what if Hiccup's dragon resembles an ickle brown bunny with wings? And has NO TEETH? The Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus is stirring and wants to devour every Viking on the Isle of Berk . . . Can Hiccup save the tribe - and become a Hero? 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.

Reviews

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On a mission to find my dragon now.

Master Aardvark Submarine 05.04.2024

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I loved how funny it was.

Lieutenant Pluto Bumblebee 02.02.2024

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Hilarious

Madam Harmonica Unicycle 31.01.2024

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I love this book because it's half adventure and half comedy. I love the story and would recommend it to anyone who likes dragons and vikings. My favourite character is Toothless the dragon.

Mademoiselle Flopsy Rollercoaster 28.01.2024

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We read this during the start of year 4 in school and it's sooo good.

Madam Iggy Sunshine 26.01.2024

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I liked it`s theme vikings and dragons.

Grandmaster Gator Volcano 01.01.2024

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The books are very intresting. When you read 1 page you already like the book and it is a awesome book

Director Bunny Colly-Wobbles 30.12.2023

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Toothless was really funny ,although Snotlout is quite mean

Queen Angel Partridge 27.12.2023

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My favourite character was Hiccup because he was a very brave viking and in the end he and the other novices in the Hairy Hooligan tribe and the Meathead tribe faced an enormous Seadragonus Gianticus Maximus dragon which they only defeated with the help of Hiccup and Toothless (only when Toothless saved Hiccup from the dragon).

Lady Blueberry Teabag 12.12.2023

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Very funny book

Madam Jewel Remmington 05.09.2023

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Amazing!

Anonymous 04.09.2023

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I love how Cressida Cowell writes.

Anonymous 04.09.2023

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I love this book.

Officer Heroica Pudding-Basin 03.09.2023

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How to train your dragon is an amazing book, filled with adventure. I loved the part where they had to go in the cave and each of them got a dragon that they’d had to train. It makes me keep reading because there is always something interesting happening. I can’t wait to read the other books.

Lieutenant Merlin Lanzarote 03.09.2023

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Loved it!!!

Baroness Morgana Menace 02.09.2023

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Nice book, adventures. I really enjoyed it

Principal Rapunzel Dangerous 30.08.2023

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I tried it but i dont like. it

General Slide Banana 30.08.2023

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This was by far the best book I have read of this years challenge. It was funny and it had a good story to it so it is easy to say this book is 5 stars.

Coach Burp Bumblebee 30.08.2023

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They are telling us about dragons and there very interesting

Chief Pirate Palm-tree 28.08.2023

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My thoughts were it was sad and happy at the same time. Little people can do anything even though they look like they can't. It's not about the outside it's about the inside. My favourite character was hiccough because he's the son of the chief and he was little and skinny and got the smallest dragon. He kept going and became part of the tribe despite failing the test. It interested me because not many of my friends read about dragons.

Chief Zeus Wheeliebin 23.08.2023

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