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How to Train Your Dragon 20th Anniversary Edition

On sale

8th June 2023

Price: £12.99

Selected:  Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781444973006

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‘The world will need a Hero, and it might as well be you …’

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name.
The Hairy Hooligan tribe think he’s totally useless, but Hiccup is about to face his destiny … with one tiny dragon.Can he prove his worth and become a HERO or will he be banished from his tribe for ever?

In celebration of 20 years of How to Train Your Dragon, this special commemorative edition features the original – now classic – How to Train Your Dragon story with exclusive content, including some rare Viking material (featuring Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III’s birth certificate!) and a hilarious brand new adventure called How to Train Your Hogfly starring fan favourites as well as exciting new dragons.

Fully illustrated with Cressida Cowell’s artwork, this is a MUST HAVE for anyone who grew up reading and loving How to Train Your Dragon, as well as the perfect introduction for new readers to this beloved, classic series.

Reviews

The Times
Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves
Independent on Sunday
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful
The List
Full of bright wit, this is a brilliant book that launched a huge series...a fantastic adventure that explores failure as well as success and weighs the cost of being different against the price of fitting in
Observer
A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure
Julia Eccleshare, Guardian’s Children’s Books Editor
If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet, you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature
The Glasgow Herald
What we have here is Harry Potter meets Blackadder.
Sarra Manning, Sarra Manning, Red Magazine Online
Pretty much everyone I know who has children adores these audiobooks and have listened to them on many a long (and otherwise fractious) car journey. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a famous dragon trainer but he had to learn the hard way. Proper LOL funny as read by former Doctor Who David Tennant, you'll love listening to them too.
Sunday Express
Proper modern classics
The Independent
Quite simply, Cressida Cowell has an exceptional ability to give children what they like. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a Viking who doesn't fit in: gawky and geeky, his adventures with his hunting-dragon Toothless are madcap and marvellous. Give it to a child, and see them become engrossed immediately.
The Sunday Telegraph
Perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class.