To see the latest price or order, click on the book cover image. This children’s book is ideal for: Children in KS2 who love absorbing book series. Recommended for children aged: 8-11 year-olds. The School Reading Lists’ five word review: Vikings, dragons, adventure, fun, action.Ĭhildren’s book title: How to Train Your Dragon. I enjoyed its shenanigans and goofiness as well as the story about a boy and his dragon and finding the courage to lead others.How to Train Your Dragon 20th Anniversary Edition by Cressida Cowell – at a glance It took me a long time, but I am so glad I read this book. And I loved the way the dragons, especially Toothless, and their own motivations play a role in what happens. I like that it’s his cleverness that ends up being the key the tribe needs in their most vulnerable moment. Even though that pretty much gets him no recognition, since it’s in the middle of a disaster, it still shows that he’s brave and clever and takes care of the other people around him. In an early scene, he takes some pretty heroic action to save a classmate. I liked that while Hiccup is so out of sync with the other Vikings, he already has the makings of a leader, he just doesn’t have the confidence to back up his ability. I felt like that made his relationship with Toothless really cool and added some unexpected humor. One of the things I liked a lot is that in the book, Hiccup can speak to dragons, and he hears them talking back. In fact, I’m not sure if there’s even a line uttered by a female Viking? I’m not sure. Honestly, though, I think I liked the book better, except for the fact that there are so few female characters. I would say it definitely inspired the movie, but there’s not much overlap in the two stories besides a few of the characters and the fact that they’re Vikings figuring out an existence in a world in which dragons exist plus needing to battle an extra huge dragon. The first thing I’ll say about the book is that it is SO different than the movie. I’ve seen the movie How to Train Your Dragon lots of times with my daughter, so I’m pretty familiar with it. It’s always risky reading a book after seeing the movie first.
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