• How to Be a Pirate

  • How to Train Your Dragon, Book 2
  • By: Cressida Cowell
  • Narrated by: David Tennant
  • Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (322 ratings)

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How to Be a Pirate

By: Cressida Cowell
Narrated by: David Tennant
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Publisher's summary

Listen to the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films, narrated by David Tennant.

THE STORY CONTINUES in the second volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs....

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero.

Can Hiccup find Grimbeard the Ghastly's treasure before Alvin the Treacherous gets his sneaky hands on it? And if Hiccup opens a box that says DO NOT OPEN, will he live to tell the tale?

How to Train Your Dragon is now a major DreamWorks franchise starring Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett and Jonah Hill and the TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies and Cartoon Network.

Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the rest of the series and check out the all-new Hiccup website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com. It's the place to go for games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks!

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

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  • 12-06-10

Another Tennant triumph

David Tennant brings these enthralling stories to life brilliantly! Both my 10 year old and I were captured by this story. The stories are fantastic, but David Tennant makes them a joy to listen to.

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I've never seen my nieces so enthralled

What made the experience of listening to How to Be a Pirate the most enjoyable?

David Tennant is an awesome narrator. The story is already fantastic, but he puts such gusto, feeling, and humour into his voice that listening to is a million times better than me reading it. I put it on and curled up at night with my 2 nieces and listened to this. I have never seen them so enthralled by anything before.

What did you like best about this story?

It is so funny, the main characters are so likable. An excellent

Have you listened to any of David Tennant’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

All of David tennant's performances are awesome. This is just as fantastic as any of them. I hope he continues to narrate more children's stories.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

My nieces held their breath and were wide eyed with anticipation about once every chapter.

Any additional comments?

I would really love to see audible release the Unabridged version. But for now, this abridged version is still fun and perfect for an Aunt's one week visit.

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Narrator enhances an already fun story

David Tennant is clearly having a ball while narrating this book. His enthusiasm is contagious and my kids absolutely are enthralled with this audiobook. They've listened to it several times in the last month. The story is fun (albeit simplistic) and the characters are memorable. If you enjoyed the first book then by all means get this one as well.

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Why abridge?

I loved the story. In fact my kids are crazy about the series. The reader was excellent. My only gripe is: why is it abridged? The books are not that long in the first place. I have a problem with abridging books in general, but maybe there are some books with lengthy descriptions or long philosophical and introspective passage ("War and Peace" comes to mind) which could lend themselves to abridging. But abridging this series can only detract from the story. This is why I stopped getting these audiobooks, I realized my children would be better off if they just read the books and got the full story.

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Best book ever

Great, I loved it. Best chapter book in the world! :) *,*
This series is a family favorite.

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Amazing

I absolutely love this book. It is an AMAZING second instalment of the HTTYD series. I also just really love David Tennant.

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Wonderful!

Very fun story. Super entertaining and wonderfully read. I'm looking forward to reading the next books in the series. Can recommend!

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We loved this book.

I listened to this book with a family from Australia. The children ages are 9, 11 and 12. We loved all the twists in the book. The final epilogue was also special. We all want to say well done to the narrator.

This is great series with well written stories!

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amazed

David tennant is amazing! his voice is perfect for this book. the first book was good, enough. this book was really exiting. loved the story.

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Part 2 of the beginning of Hiccup's story

This book is still setting the stage for the entire series. Cressida Cowell does a great job of spinning an entertaining story that also has depth.

It's also quite witty which makes the peril seem a bit less perilous for younger readers.

Also, David Tennant is absolutely marvelous at reading these books. He has a great range of voices and of tone and listening to him is never boring.

My kids are loving these books now - ages 4, 6, 8 and 10.

The only thing missing is Cowell's unique and fun illustrations.

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