How To Train Your Dragon 20th Anniversary Edition (book 1)

By (author) Cowell Cressida
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Celebrate 20 years of Cressida Cowell''s international bestselling How to Train Your Dragon with this irresistible anniversary edition of the original story featuring bonus content, including How to Train Your Hogfly, a NOT-TO-BE-MISSED new story that will delight fans old and new.
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''The world will need a Hero, and it might as well be you ...''

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name.
The Hairy Hooligan tribe think he''s totally useless, but Hiccup is about to face his destiny ... with one tiny dragon.Can he prove his worth and become a HERO or will he be banished from his tribe for ever?

In celebration of 20 years of How to Train Your Dragon, this special commemorative edition features the original - now classic - How to Train Your Dragon story with exclusive content, including some rare Viking material (featuring Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III''s birth certificate!) and a hilarious brand new adventure called How to Train Your Hogfly starring fan favourites as well as exciting new dragons.

Fully illustrated with Cressida Cowell''s artwork, this is a MUST HAVE for anyone who grew up reading and loving How to Train Your Dragon, as well as the perfect introduction for new readers to this beloved, classic series.

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Mentioned in the 100 Best Children''s Books Ever (Novels)
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The first in the successful series... perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class.
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If you haven''t discovered Hiccup yet, you''re missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children''s literature
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Filled with thrilling adventure and action-packed heroes
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By turns hilarious and wise, it''s never predictable, brilliantly illustrated and always delightful
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Proper modern classics
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Hilarious
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A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure
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The start of the most original series for kids in ages. Funny, clever and great for the whole family to share
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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
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One of the most enjoyable and original children''s stories I have heard in a long time
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I can''t praise this wonderful adventure too highly
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Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful
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This light-hearted, well-illustrated mock saga would appeal to girls and boys. My Dad liked it too. More please.
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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
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Cowell''s wittily written books have become today''s childhood must-read stories
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This book will definitely make you laugh out loud
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Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vivdly imagined alternative world
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Top stuff
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Cressida Cowell''s series of the memoirs of Hiccup the Viking are funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader
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Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves
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Wise, colourful and funny
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Cowell is a master of s