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Part of the How to Train Your Dragon Series
How to Train Your Dragon is now a major DreamWorks franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World is out in February 2019.
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Based on the billion dollar DreamWorks frnachise, read all about Hiccup and Toothless's next adventure in Berk in this official Story of the Film! Everyone's favourite heroes Hiccup and Toothless are back for a brand-new adventure! Read the story of the film in this fun, full-colour storybook!
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How to Train Your Dragon is now a major DreamWorks franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 3 is scheduled for release in 2019 and the TV series Defenders of Berk can be seen on CBBC and Netflix.
Closing date: 04/03/2019
Full of bright wit and brutal honesty, this is a brilliant book that launched a huge series ... This is a fantastic adventure that explores failure as well as success and weighs the cost of being different against the price of fitting in with sneaky maturity and shining humour - The List
Has a good story to it -- Jamie, aged 9 - Daily Record
Descriptive and flowing, Cowell's Dragon novels have become deserved hits at the cinema, too. - Time Out
Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'esprit - The Independent
Cowell is a master of storytelling...On a profound level, this series celebrates divergence and being true to oneself, teaching children that they don't have to be carbon copies of their parents - Hay Festival of the Arts
Wise, colourful and funny - Dorset Echo
Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves - The Times
Cressida Cowell's series of the memoirs of Hiccup the Viking are funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader - The Spectator
Top stuff - The Daily Telegraph
Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vivdly imagined alternative world - The Daily Telegraph
This book will definitely make you laugh out loud - Torquay Herald Express
Cowell's wittily written books have become today's childhood must-read stories - Books Quarterly (Waterstones)
What we have here is Harry Potter meets Blackadder. The result is a story that anyone with a tolerance of snot and gore would find richly entertaining - The Glasgow Herald
This light-hearted, well-illustrated mock saga would appeal to girls and boys. My Dad liked it too. More please. -- Geoffrey Truscott, aged 11 - The Glasgow Herald
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful - Independent on Sunday
I can't praise this wonderful adventure too highly -- Amanda Craig - Independent on Sunday
One of the most enjoyable and original children's stories I have heard in a long time - The Independent
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
The start of the most original series for kids in ages. Funny, clever and great for the whole family to share - Dundee Courier
A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure - Observer
Hilarious - guardian.co.uk
Proper modern classics - Sunday Express
By turns hilarious and wise, it's never predictable, brilliantly illustrated and always delightful - The Times
Filled with thrilling adventure and action-packed heroes -- Charlotte Tarling, Year 6 - Country Child
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 Mentioned in the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels) - The Daily Telegraph
The first in the successful series... perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class. - The Sunday Telegraph
ISBN: | 9781444946901 |
Publication date: | 24th January 2019 |
Author: | DreamWorks Animation |
Publisher: | Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 24 pages |
Suitable for: | 7+ readers, 9+ readers |
Genres: | Fantasy / Magical |
Based on the bestselling book series by Cressida Cowell, DreamWorks Animation released two animated feature films in 2010 and 2014. Hugely successful, the films received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations. A third film is planned for a 2019 release starring Cate Blanchett and Jonah Hill. The franchise also consists of four short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2011), Gift of the Night Fury (2011) and Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014). A television series showing the continuing adventures of Hiccup and his friends is currently being shown on Netflix and CBBC. For games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks, check out: www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks....
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