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Cressida Cowell, Author
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Publication date: May 22, 2025
Category: Picture storybooks
ISBN: 9781444982084
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Publication date: May 1, 2014
Category: Picture storybooks
ISBN: 9781444921366
The first HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON book ever! Read the book that inspired the new DreamWorks live-action film How to Train Your Dragon, coming in 2025.
So begins Cressida Cowell’s stories about a little Viking who cannot fit in. Unlike his dad, Stoick the Vast, Hiccup is tiny, thoughtful and polite and scared of almost everything – especially of going to sea for the very first time.
But go he must . . . so who will save the day when everything goes wrong aboard ship and all the big Vikings lose their cool?
This wonderfully witty fable will delight all those who have ever faced up to their worst fears.
Cressida Cowell was the Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2019-2022). She is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.
The Wizards of Once series has been translated into 38 languages and has been signed by DreamWorks Animation. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 42 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.
Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children’s Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children’s Book Prize.
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