Highly original. Uproarious.
Woman's Weekly
'What a fab book ... will definitely make you laugh out loud!'
Torquay Herald Express
'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
Cowell writes laugh-out-loud books with plenty of boy appeal. Cowell's ... Read moreanarchic drawings suit the slapstick humour.
The Herald
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful.
Independent on Sunday
'a hilarious and gripping adventure, beautifully paced and studded with great dramatic scenes.'
Amanda Craig, Times
[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
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.
Sunday Herald, Glasgow
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
Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny, it is as full of joy for children of 7+ who have given up reading as for those who love it.
Amanda Craig, The Times
'... inspired series ... its enchantment lies primarily in the comical, affectionate and often irritable relationship between Hiccup (the only nerd in the violent Viking Hooligan tribe) and his runty little dragon Toothless.'
Amanda Craig, The Times
'another triumph from the creative pen of Cressida Cowell.'
Writeaway.org
'... full of charm ... imaginative and bursting with inventive, off-the-wall humour, making them great stories to be read aloud.'
Waterstones Books Quarterly
' The combination of cartoons with sharp wit is what makes this book so uniquely special.'
Books Quaterly (Waterstones)
Has a good story to it
Jamie, aged 9
Daily Record
Descriptive and flowing, Cowell's Dragon novels have become deserved hits at the cinema, too.
Time Out
Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'esprit
The Independent
Cowell is a master of storytelling...On a profound level, this series celebrates divergence and being true to oneself, teaching children that they don't have to be carbon copies of their parents
Hay Festival of the Arts
Wise, colourful and funny
Dorset Echo
Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves
The Times
Cressida Cowell's series of the memoirs of Hiccup the Viking are funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader
The Spectator
Top stuff
The Daily Telegraph
Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vivdly imagined alternative world
The Daily Telegraph
This book will definitely make you laugh out loud
Torquay Herald Express
Cowell's wittily written books have become today's childhood must-read stories
Books Quarterly (Waterstones)
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
The Glasgow Herald
This light-hearted, well-illustrated mock saga would appeal to girls and boys. My Dad liked it too. More please.
Geoffrey Truscott, aged 11
The Glasgow Herald
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful
Independent on Sunday
I can't praise this wonderful adventure too highly
Amanda Craig
Independent on Sunday
One of the most enjoyable and original children's stories I have heard in a long time
The Independent
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
The start of the most original series for kids in ages. Funny, clever and great for the whole family to share
Dundee Courier
A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure
Observer
Hilarious
guardian.co.uk
Proper modern classics
Sunday Express
By turns hilarious and wise, it's never predictable, brilliantly illustrated and always delightful
The Times
Filled with thrilling adventure and action-packed heroes
Charlotte Tarling, Year 6
Country Child
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 Mentioned in the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels)
The Daily Telegraph
The first in the successful series... perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class.
The Sunday Telegraph
Full of bright wit and brutal honesty, this is a brilliant book that launched a huge series ... This is a fantastic adventure that explores failure as well as success and weighs the cost of being different against the price of fitting in with sneaky maturity and shining humour
The List
Has a good story to it
Jamie, aged 9
Daily Record
Descriptive and flowing, Cowell's Dragon novels have become deserved hits at the cinema, too.
Time Out
Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon books fill every spread with scales and fangs and typographical jeux d'esprit
The Independent
Cowell is a master of storytelling...On a profound level, this series celebrates divergence and being true to oneself, teaching children that they don't have to be carbon copies of their parents
Hay Festival of the Arts
Wise, colourful and funny
Dorset Echo
Funny, thrilling and ideal for children needing to discover the hero inside themselves
The Times
Cressida Cowell's series of the memoirs of Hiccup the Viking are funny, outrageous and will lure in the most reluctant reader
The Spectator
Top stuff
The Daily Telegraph
Gripping adventure stories complete with quests and battles, a vivdly imagined alternative world
The Daily Telegraph
This book will definitely make you laugh out loud
Torquay Herald Express
Cowell's wittily written books have become today's childhood must-read stories
Books Quarterly (Waterstones)
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
The Glasgow Herald
This light-hearted, well-illustrated mock saga would appeal to girls and boys. My Dad liked it too. More please.
Geoffrey Truscott, aged 11
The Glasgow Herald
Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful
Independent on Sunday
I can't praise this wonderful adventure too highly
Amanda Craig
Independent on Sunday
One of the most enjoyable and original children's stories I have heard in a long time
The Independent
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
The start of the most original series for kids in ages. Funny, clever and great for the whole family to share
Dundee Courier
A laugh out loud romp of a Viking adventure
Observer
Hilarious
guardian.co.uk
Proper modern classics
Sunday Express
By turns hilarious and wise, it's never predictable, brilliantly illustrated and always delightful
The Times
Filled with thrilling adventure and action-packed heroes
Charlotte Tarling, Year 6
Country Child
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 Mentioned in the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels)
The Daily Telegraph
The first in the successful series... perfect for tricky boy readers, as the action scenes are first-class.
The Sunday Telegraph
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