How to Train Your Dragon Book 2: How to Be a Pirate - Softcover

Cowell, Cressida

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316085286 ISBN 13: 9780316085281

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010

Synopsis

Read the bestselling books that inspired the hit movie sensation!

When Hiccup finds a coffin at sea, he opens it to discover a riddle that will lead to the treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly, the world's greatest pirate and Hiccup's ancestor. So Hiccup and his friends set out on a treasure hunt, determined to master the art of swordfighting. How else will they escape an island of murderous dragons, defeat a boatload of Viking pirates, and survive all the twists and turns their journey will bring?

Join Hiccup and his friends on another rollicking illustrated adventure, and discover the brilliant combination of magic, action, humor, and heart that has made Cressida Cowell a beloved bestseller around the globe.

About this title

Review:

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))

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)

Very funny indeed (Maidenhead Advertiser)

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)

Witty writing and funny drawings and notes ensure that this clever Viking story keeps its readers laughing (Junior Education)

A wonderfully wittily written and illustrated story. (Waterstones Quarterly Magazine)

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)

From the Publisher:

Perfect for boys, with lots of humour, dragons, bloodshed, gob and battles.Following in the footsteps of Lauren Child with her Clarice books, developing picture book character with real potential to take on a life of his own and bring him to a wider, broader audience, by an author who can work brilliantly on a variety of levels.The first Hiccup novel was an international success - seven sub-rights deals to date, including the US - plus over 16,500 copies sold in first month of publication!

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0316085286
• ISBN 13: 9780316085281
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240