How to Train Your Dragon: How To Be A Pirate: Book 2
No. of pages 240
Published: 2017
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This book features in the following series: Hiccup Series, How To Train Your Dragon, How To Train a Dragon .
This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years. This book has been specially written for struggling readers. This book has been specially written for reluctant readers.
There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .
Cressida Cowell would have loved to have had a dragon as a pet when she was a child. Cressida lives in London with her husband Simon ( who is not THAT Simon Cowell!) and her children, Maisie, Clementine and Alexander.
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This book is in the following series:
How to Train Your Dragon
The How to Train your Dragon series follows the adventures of Hiccup the Viking who seeks to train rather kill dragons, and who turns out to be quite a hero. This series has spawned a number of animated movies.
This is a maniacally crazy story liberally spattered with appropriately riotous illustrations, lists and maps * Books For Keeps *
This is a maniacally crazy story liberally spattered with appropriately riotous illustrations, lists and maps * Books For Keeps *
It's a wonderfully vibrant story, illustrated with the author's hilarious drawings, and told with a delightfully gobby sense of humour * Books Quarterly (Waterstones) *
It's a wonderfully vibrant story, illustrated with the author's hilarious drawings, and told with a delightfully gobby sense of humour * Books Quarterly (Waterstones) *
Cowell is a new star in children's fiction * The Times *
Cowell is a new star in children's fiction * The Times *
Great jokes and suberb characters will appeal to boys and girls alike * With Kids *
Great jokes and suberb characters will appeal to boys and girls alike * With Kids *
Very funny indeed * Maidenhead Advertiser *
Very funny indeed * Maidenhead Advertiser *
Witty writing and funny drawings and notes ensure that this clever Viking story keeps its readers laughing * Junior Education *
Witty writing and funny drawings and notes ensure that this clever Viking story keeps its readers laughing * Junior Education *
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 wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story. * Waterstones Quarterly Magazine *
A wonderful adventure * The School Librarian *
A wonderful adventure * The School Librarian *
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 *
[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 *
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful. * Independent on Sunday *
An excellent sequel to How to Train Your Dragon, this highly amusing adventure story with a dash of toilet humour is perfect reading for boys and girls alike aged 8-12. * Publishing News *
Full of madcap action, to-the-death battles and hysterical Viking tomfoolery
Cowell is a new star in children's fiction * The Times *
extraordinary, funny and cool * Tom Dillon, Mill Lane Primary School *
good holiday reading for any young adventurer * Reading evening post *
As the tension mounts, an hilarious and warming story emerges. It cries to be read aloud. * The School Librarian *
A maniacally crazy story liberally spattered with . . . riotous illustrations, lists and maps. * Books For Keeps *
'Irresistibly funny, exciting and endearing' * The Times *
'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 *
