How To Train Your Dragon: Book 1 - Couverture rigide

Cowell, Cressida

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340997176 ISBN 13 : 9780340997178

Editeur : Hodder Children's Books, 2009

Synopsis

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a truly extraordinary Viking Hero. Warrior chieftain, awesome sword-fighter and amateur naturalist, he was known throughout Vikingdom as 'the Dragon Whisperer', on account of his amazing power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport and CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet...Printed on special stock with a beautifully designed jacket and added material including a new author's note. There is a special collectable feel to this book.

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)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Cressida grew up in Chelsea. She studied English Literature at Keble College, Oxford University. She then worked at Macmillan in the Fiction department. She took a BA at St Martins in graphic design and then an MA in Narrative Illustration at Brighton. She is married with three children and lives in London.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0340997176
• ISBN 13: 9780340997178
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304