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Title | How to Train Your Dragon
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2003
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Title | How to be a Pirate
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2004
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Title | How to Speak Dragonese
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2005
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Title | How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2006
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Title | How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2007
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Title | A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2007
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Title | How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2008
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Title | How to Break a Dragon's Heart
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2010
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First Printing | 2009
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Title | How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2011
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First Printing | Hodder Children's Books - 2011
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Title | How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2012
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First Printing | Hodder Children's Books - 2012
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Title | How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2013
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First Printing | Hodder Children's Books - 2013
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Title | How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury
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Author | Cressida Cowell
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Illustrated by | Cressida Cowell
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Publisher | Hodder Children's Books - 2015
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First Printing | Hodder Children's Books - 2015
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Category | Middle Grade
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless, Fishlegs, Stoick the Vast, Snotlout, Alvin, Camicazi, Gobber the Belch
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Main Elements | Dragons
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Website | howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com
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 How to Train your Dragon
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third was an awesome swordfighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero that ever lived.
Can Hiccup pass the Dragon Initiation Programme with a toothless dragon and fight the Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus before it gobbles up every Viking on Berk? It's time for Hiccup to learn to be a Hero.
How to be a Pirate
Can Hiccup find Grimbeard the Ghastly's treasure before Alvin the Treacherous gets his sneaky hands on it? And if Hiccup opens a box that says DO NOT OPEN, will he live to tell the tale?
How to Speak Dragonese
Toothless has been captured, the nanodragon is about to be gobbled and Sharkworms are on the loose. Once again we are relying on Hiccup to be a Hero...
How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
Can Hiccup find the antidote to deadly Vorpentitis AND fight the Doomfang? Can he brave the axe of Norbert the Nutjob and be the Hero YET AGAIN?
How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
The Fire Stone has been stolen, the volcano is active and the Exterminator dragons have their claws out! Can Hiccup be the Hero of the hour?
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
Hiccup is lost in the Libary Labyrinth, and the Driller-Dragons and Madgust the Murderous are on the prowl...Hiccup's birthday is NOT going to be the quiet affair he might have hoped for...
How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
Hiccup has three months, five days and six hours to get back to Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents AND win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race. Can he do it???
How to Break a Dragon's Heart
Can Hiccup complete the Impossible Task, battle Beserks, save Fishlegs from being fed to the Beast AND discover the secret of the Lost Throne? What's a Hero to do?!
How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
Bad times have come to the Achipelago - it's almost as if the world is cursed! Can Hiccup hold on to his sword, stop a dragon rebellion, and stop Alvin from becoming the next King of the Wilderwest?
How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
The Dragon Rebellion has begun. Hiccup is all alone, in exile, hunted by both humans and dragons - his only hope is to find the Dragon Jewel. But where to begin?
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
Hiccup must become King of the Wilderwest. Can he dodge the witch's Vampire Spydragons and steal the King's Things back from Alvin before the Doomsday of Yule? And is there a traitor in Hiccup's camp who in the end will betray them all?
How to Fight a Dragon's Fury
Dragons vs Humans:
THE FINAL BATTLE. Can Hiccup be crowned King of the Wilderwest instead of Alvin the Treacherous? Can he beat the Dragon Furious and stop the Rebellion or is this the END of the dragons?
I loved the movies, thought they were just amazing and fun and wonderful. I couldn't wait to read the books, but I must admit, this is one of the few times where I have to admit the movie is better than the books, much, much better. See, the movies appeal to a wide audience, different ages and genders. The books have one, and only one, audience - little boys.
Because of that the books have a lot of snot. And boogers. And poo. And fat jokes. And references to boobies. There's underwear and people getting bitten on the bottoms, and burping and silly insults. Pretty much all the things we try to teach little boys to grow out of, but otherwise appeal to them enormously at that age. And I'm not against that, if it gets little boys to read, then I'm all for it. It just turns out not to be my favorite thing to read being an adult female.
On the positive side they do have some fun plots (which are completely and totally different from the movie plots), and when you need a fast read to let your brain relax, I can read one of these books in just a few hours. One came in handy when I a had a headache and couldn't read anything that required more brainpower. And for what it's worth, they do kind of grow on you.
Also, the innocent start of the series hides a much more serious underlying thread that only starts to become clear around book 8, after which things take a darker, scarier turn. It's a bit like the Harry Potter books, where as the characters start to grow up, so does the storyline. I found myself completely hooked and determined to finish the rest of the series.
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