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How to Train Your Dragon

By: Cressida Cowell
Narrated by: David Tennant
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The story of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III rise to fame, through his dragon-training exploits, told in Hiccup's own words by David Tennant.

Hiccup was a truly extraordinary Viking Hero, Warrior chieftain, awesome sword-fighter and amateur naturalist. He was known throughout Vikingdom as 'the Dragon Whisperer' on account of his power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn't always like that....

©2004 Cressida Cowell (P)2004 Hodder Children's Books

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Fun story, inspired narration.

It's a fun (although familiar) story of a normal boy who overcomes the odds using his brains. But it contains Vikings and that alone gets it an additional star. My kids loved listening to this, especially the inspired narration of David Tennant.

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One of the best books of my life 😀

I am astounded by Cressida Cowell's idea of dragons and how she used her own imagination and creativity with them. And David Tennant's narration was just perfection! He really brought the characters, humour and fantasy of Cressida Cowell alive 🐉 I loved Hiccup and his dragon's character development(= how the character changed in the story) One of the best books I've ever read! 💕

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My Favourite Book Series Ever!!

I love this book so much and the way Tennant reads it is just amazing!! He adds so much emotion and care in every character. I love Cressida’s writing and my brother once sent her a letter and got one back with a little drawing of Hiccup and Toothless! It was so amazing!

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Wonderful brilliant!

The narrator was incredible, and the story catchy and fun! I can't wait to start the next one!

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Great book.

I think that this is a great story and a highly recommended book for
younger children.👍👍👍

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Una de las mejores historias infantiles

Tengo 23 años y sigo disfrutando de este libro. Me he reído muchísimo como cada vez que lo vuelvo a leer. Está es la primera vez que lo escucho y debo decir que fue perfectamente ejecutado. Gracias Cressida por esta maravillosa "traducción" de la historia, gracias David por leerla para mí. ¡Ah! y Gracias Hiccup por enseñarme a entrenar a mi dragon.

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Delightful and very cleaverly written!

I had so much fun listening to this book. The intro music before every chapter gave me a fright a few times, so that’s why I marked it down with a star.

Well done to both the author and narrator!

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quite different and also quite pleasant

This is very different from the movies but also at the same time very nice. All and all I very much enjoyed this audiobook.

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great narrator, special story

The narrator has uniq voice, the story is interesting, ideal for childrens, or adults, tooÁ

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Really shows you the troubles of living with dragons

Dragons are tricky creatures and it doesn’t make life any easier for anyone involved that they have to cohabit with humans who are ever so fickle themselves. This book is a great insight into living with dragons and I loved listening to every second of it. The combination of David Tennant and Hiccup ensures an enthralling few hours in Burke.
It was a perfectly fantastic book to listen to while dealing with the everyday mundane. 😊

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