How to Train Your Dragon: The First Collection - Couverture souple

Cowell, Cressida

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 031613080X ISBN 13 : 9780316130806

Editeur : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Cowell Cressida

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

The first in the successful series... perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class. (The Sunday Telegraph 2014-12-21)

Mentioned in the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels) (The Daily Telegraph 2015-03-04)

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’s children’s books editor)

Filled with thrilling adventure and action-packed heroes (Charlotte Tarling, Year 6 Country Child 2015-03-01)

By turns hilarious and wise, it's never predictable, brilliantly illustrated and always delightful (The Times 2013-07-20)

Proper modern classics (Sunday Express 2012-07-15)

Hilarious (guardian.co.uk 2013-04-30)

A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure (Observer 2011-10-23)

The start of the most original series for kids in ages. Funny, clever and great for the whole family to share (Dundee Courier 2012-07-02)

Her genuinely fierce, intelligent and scary dragons nearly steal the show, but Hiccup and his diminutive sidekick ultimately come out on top, both displaying a proper hero's mix of quick wit, courage and loyalty (Kirkus 2004-04-15)

One of the most enjoyable and original children's stories I have heard in a long time (The Independent 2004-04-02)

I can't praise this wonderful adventure too highly (Amanda Craig Independent on Sunday 2004-07-18)

Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful (Independent on Sunday 2003-06-22)

This light-hearted, well-illustrated mock saga would appeal to girls and boys. My Dad liked it too. More please. (Geoffrey Truscott, aged 11 The Glasgow Herald 2003-04-05)

What we have here is Harry Potter meets Blackadder. The result is a story that anyone with a tolerance of snot and gore would find richly entertaining (The Glasgow Herald 2004-06-26)

Cowell's wittily written books have become today's childhood must-read stories (Books Quarterly (Waterstones) 2010-04-01)

This book will definitely make you laugh out loud (Torquay Herald Express 2009-12-12)

Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vivdly imagined alternative world (The Daily Telegraph 2013-01-05)

Top stuff (The Daily Telegraph 2011-09-10)

Cressida Cowell's series of the memoirs of Hiccup the Viking are funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader (The Spectator 2007-12-15)

Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves (The Times 2005-07-23)

Wise, colourful and funny (Dorset Echo 2009-02-27)

Cowell is a master of storytelling...On a profound level, this series celebrates divergence and being true to oneself, teaching children that they don't have to be carbon copies of their parents (Hay Festival of the Arts)

Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'esprit (The Independent 2015-09-11)

Descriptive and flowing, Cowell's Dragon novels have become deserved hits at the cinema, too. (Time Out)

Has a good story to it (Jamie, aged 9 Daily Record 2016-01-02)

I can't praise this wonderful adventure too highly - in fact, for my money, she's the NEXT BIG THING in children's literature... Read with gigantic gusto by David Tennant, and featuring some shatteringly good sound-effects, this kept us all laughing on the edge of our seats for 3 ½ hours. (Independent on Sunday)

... one of the most enjoyable and original children's stories I have heard in a long time ... David Tennant reads with outstanding gusto, giving full and varied wellie to the story's rich assortment of Viking and dragon characters. (The Independent)

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)

A super story, inventive, ingenious, perpetually surprising. One to cherish. (Armadillo, Spring 2003)

A wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story. (Waterstones Quarterly Magazine)

[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)

... raucous and slapstick... liberally illustrated with [Cressida Cowell's] riotous drawings, notes and maps. (The Financial 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. (Lindsey Fraser, Sunday Herald, Glasgow)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Read the original bestselling series that inspired the hit movie sensation! How to Train Your Dragon chronicles the adventures and misadventures of reluctant Viking hero Hiccup and his dragon, Toothless. Join Hiccup and Toothless on their first three adventures in How to Train Your Dragon: The First Collection. This paperback boxed set includes: How to Train Your Dragon; How to Be a Pirate; and How to Speak Dragonese.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 031613080X
• ISBN 13: 9780316130806
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 736