How to train your dragon

A riotous tall tale guaranteed to get giggles and out loud chuckles takes the reader on a wild romp, while Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III plays the reluctant Viking King's son. He's not the sort of kid who does things the easy way- he bumbles and fumbles and makes the everyone laugh. During his training to becoming a Viking warrior, Hiccup chooses the most unlikely of steed- the scrawniest, laziest, greediest dragon around. Although his training methods are unorthodox, and mocked by many, Hiccup may turn out to be the hero kids will root for.



Cowell, Cressida. (2004). How to train your dragon: the heroic misadventures of Hiccup the Viking. New York : Little, Brown. 214 pages. ISBN: 978-0-316-73737-1.

Ages: 8-12
Rating: High Additional

How to train your dragon [Motion Picture]

Although the premise of the film is not the same as the book, the film stands alone as a work tweens and adults will enjoy. It's just as witty and entertaining as Cressida Cowell's book. The film is based on the premise that the Vikings are at war with the dragons who attack their livestock- thus threatening their way of life. Hiccup is a blacksmith's apprentice (not a warrior in training) and after he shoots the one and only dragon his people have no information about out of the sky with his own cannon like invention, he learns that his talents lie elsewhere. He frees the dragon from the grip of his invention and slowly, they become friends. Through the relationship that Hiccup has with Toothless, his tribe comes to understand the dragons and make peace with them.

How to train your dragon [Motion Picture] 2010
directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
based on the novel by Cressida Cowell
screenplay written by William Davies, Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders

Ages: 8+
Rating: High Additional