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How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse Paperback – Feb. 23 2010

by Cressida Cowell (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 1,419 ratings
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Read the HILARIOUS books that inspired the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON films!

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero.

Hiccup's best friend Fishlegs thinks he has a nasty cold, but Old Wrinkly has diagnosed . . . VORPENTITIS, caused by the sting of a Venomous Vorpent, which is pretty much ALWAYS FATAL!

The only antidote is the Vegetable-that-No-one-Dares-Name - the POTATO. But the only way for Hiccup to find the cure is to face Norbert the Nutjob and the terrifying Sea Dragon, the DOOMFANG.
Can Hiccup survive the quest to save his best friend - and discover how to cheat a dragon's curse?

How to Train Your Dragon is a major award-winning DreamWorks film series. There is also a new live action movie due to be released in 2025. The TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies and Cartoon Network.

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  1. Reading age
    3 - 18 years
  2. Part of series
    How to Train Your Dragon
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 12
  5. Dimensions
    12.8 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm
  6. Publisher
    Hachette Children's
  7. Publication date
    Feb. 23 2010
  8. ISBN-10
    9780340999103
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0340999103
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Review

Outrageously funny and inventive, here's a novel with huge appeal...It's hard to beat this story for sheer entertainment and larger than life, distinctive - and differentiated - characters―Books For Keeps

Jam-packed with clever jokes and humorous drawings and scenes, it is just the ticket for hours of bedtime reading―Shetland Times

Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny―The Times

Another rip-rollocking tale with crazy characters, juicy dialogue and graphic, scratchy illustrations―Junior

'Outrageously funny and inventive ... a novel with huge appeal ... It's hard to beat this story for sheer entertainment and larger than life, distinctive - and differentiated characters.'―Books for Keeps

'Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny, it is as full of joy for children of 7+ who have given up reading as for those who love it.'―Amanda Craig, The Times

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK: This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour ... full of the sort of jokes that will make schoolboys snigger.―Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times

How to Train Your Dragon is a delightful narrative caper... It offers a challenging read to 11-year-olds, and rewards reading aloud, especially for those who relish an element of theatre at story time.―Sunday Herald, Glasgow

... raucous and slapstick ... liberally illustrated with [Cressida Cowell's] riotous drawings, notes and maps.―The Financial Times

[Cressida Cowell] puts a contemporary spin on the old brains over brawn moral and brings the story to a climax with a thrilling dragon duel. Lots for lots of different readers to enjoy.―Books for Keeps

Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful.―Independent on Sunday

Rollicking fun with a whiff of the past.―Guardian

'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 children's editor

Review

Outrageously funny and inventive, here's a novel with huge appeal...It's hard to beat this story for sheer entertainment and larger than life, distinctive - and differentiated - characters―Books For Keeps

Jam-packed with clever jokes and humorous drawings and scenes, it is just the ticket for hours of bedtime reading―Shetland Times

Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny―The Times

Another rip-rollocking tale with crazy characters, juicy dialogue and graphic, scratchy illustrations―Junior

'Outrageously funny and inventive ... a novel with huge appeal ... It's hard to beat this story for sheer entertainment and larger than life, distinctive - and differentiated characters.'―Books for Keeps

'Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny, it is as full of joy for children of 7+ who have given up reading as for those who love it.'―Amanda Craig, The Times

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK: This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour ... full of the sort of jokes that will make schoolboys snigger.―Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times

How to Train Your Dragon is a delightful narrative caper... It offers a challenging read to 11-year-olds, and rewards reading aloud, especially for those who relish an element of theatre at story time.―Sunday Herald, Glasgow

... raucous and slapstick ... liberally illustrated with [Cressida Cowell's] riotous drawings, notes and maps.―The Financial Times

[Cressida Cowell] puts a contemporary spin on the old brains over brawn moral and brings the story to a climax with a thrilling dragon duel. Lots for lots of different readers to enjoy.―Books for Keeps

Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful.―Independent on Sunday

Rollicking fun with a whiff of the past.―Guardian

'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 children's editor

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0340999101
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Children's
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ Feb. 23 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780340999103
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0340999103
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 229 g
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 18 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.8 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ How to Train Your Dragon
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 12
  • 鶹 Rank: #208,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 1,419 ratings

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Cressida Cowell

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Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon book series. Her latest book The Wizards of Once is an international bestseller. Cressida is also the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.

How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC. The first book in Cressida's new series, The Wizards of Once (also signed by DreamWorks), is a number one bestseller.

Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now' magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity.

She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.

Check out Cressida's website: www.cressidacowell.co.uk

Facebook: cressidacowellbooks

Twitter: @CressidaCowell

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  • BEEN
    5.0 out of 5 stars best book ever
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    my experience to this book is that it is superb , amazing , awesome and fun to read · it is 100% good and 0% bad
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  • Gretchen Long
    5.0 out of 5 stars excellent addition to the series
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    My son, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this edition of the how to train your Dragon series. We, especially like the vegetable that shall not be named a.k.a. the potato.
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    In this fourth adventure, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces perhaps his biggest challenge yet when a deadly threat puts his best friend in danger. To save him, Hiccup must track down a legendary cure, all while dealing with Viking rivalries, ancient secrets, and the usual dragon chaos.

    My son (8) and I have absolutely loved the first four How to Train your Dragon books, including this latest one. Cowell just never seems to run out of new and fun ideas for her stories about Hiccup, Fishlegs, Toothless and co. She finds just the right mix of crass humor, over-the-top characters and genuine feelings and relationships.

    If you've read the first three HTTYD books, I can strongly recommend continuing with this fourth book, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse. 5/5 stars.
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    its not as funny but has more twists then any of them hiccup has to find a antidote for foshlegs because he got stung by a venomas vorpent.
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