![]() ![]() Ten boys are going to achieve that feat quietly and without getting killed. The story telling involves dragons, vikings, adventure and coming of age, plus a good dash of humor.Īfter the disclaimer, Cowell immediately hooks the reader in by revealing in the first chapter that each young viking is going to have to go into a cave with hundreds of sleeping dragons and kidnap one. There is a television and film series that are based on the books, and we watched most of them before ever reading any of the books. We first discovered this series through my nephew, who though he is a sometimes reluctant reader, he loves dragons as much as his cousins. ![]() In fact, it is a very relatable way to start the series by claiming, “This is the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way”. Part prologue, part disclaimer, Hiccup himself says that he doesn’t become a dragon trainer with any ease. Cressida Cowell brilliantly opens How to Train Your Dragon with a note from Hiccup, the unwitting hero of the series. ![]()
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