How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel by Cressida Cowell

How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel by Cressida Cowell

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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 HILARIOUS books that inspired the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON films!

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How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel by Cressida Cowell

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 HILARIOUS books that inspired the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON films!
A delight for 8+ * The Times *
A delight for 8+ * The Times *
Cowell's loopy, scattershot imagination is as compelling as ever * Financial Times *
Cowell's loopy, scattershot imagination is as compelling as ever * Financial Times *
Cowell is an effortlessly funny writer and is brimming with creativity..Highly recommended * Birmingham Post *
Cowell is an effortlessly funny writer and is brimming with creativity...Highly recommended * Birmingham Post *
Action and excitement aplenty * The Daily Telegraph *
Action and excitement aplenty * The Daily Telegraph *
The most inventive, entertaining and demanding contemporary children's epic * telegraph.co.uk *
The most inventive, entertaining and demanding contemporary children's epic * telegraph.co.uk *

PRAISE FOR THE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON BOOKS:
'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.'

* Amanda Craig, The Times *
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. * Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times *
... raucous and slapstick ... liberally illustrated with [Cressida Cowell's] riotous drawings, notes and maps. * The Financial Times *
[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. * Books for Keeps *
'a hilarious and gripping adventure, beautifully paced and studded with great dramatic scenes.' * Amanda Craig, Times *
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful. * Independent on Sunday *
'If light amusement is required, Cressida Cowell's How to Break a Dragon's Heart delivers all it promises. There are lots of illustrations and a playfulness with language that will draw in even the most reluctant reader.' * Daily Telegraph *
'is not only funny, well written and thrilling, but also wise about what we owe those who love us.' * The Times *
'Ahead of the film of the same title due to be released next March, this is a special edition of the first book in the uproarious series about Viking Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Highly original, and full of useful tips for dragon-owners everywhere.' * Woman's Weekly *
Top stuff. * Daily Telegraph *
Especially good... raises the series to classic status. * Times *
Ceaselessly inventive... young readers are lucky to have her. ***** * Books For Keeps *
Always thrilling, funny and brilliantly illustrated. * Daily Express *
A modern classic. Cowell is an effortlessly funny writer and is brimming with creativity. Highly recommended. * Birmingham Post *
A delight for 8+. * The Times *
Cowell's loopy, scattershot imagination is as compelling as ever. * Financial Times *
Action and excitement aplenty. * Daily Telegraph *
The most inventive, entertaining and demanding contemporary children's epic. * Daily Telegraph (Peter Florence) *
Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vividly imagined alternative world. * Daily Telegraph *
Gloriously funny. * The Daily Telegraph *
Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the globally bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series. Her next series, The Wizards of Once, was an international bestseller. Cressida is also the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. The Which Way series is her most recent and has already been translated into 15 languages. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 42 languages. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC. The Wizards of Once has been translated into 38 languages and also signed by DreamWorks. Cressida was the Waterstones Children's Laureate (2019-2022). She is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now' magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.
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ISBN 13 9781444908794
ISBN 10 1444908790
Title How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
Author Cressida Cowell
Series How To Train Your Dragon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Year published 2012-09-27
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.