How to Train Your Dragon: How To Speak Dragonese

Book 3

De: Cressida Cowell

Narrado por: David Tennant

THE STORY CONTINUES in the third volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs, narrated by David Tennant.

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.

Climbing on to a Roman Dragon Rustling ship by mistake in your first 'Boarding an Enemy Ship' lesson is bad enough. But to then discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when he steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese. Can Hiccup save the dragons and the day?

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 all of Hiccup's exploits in the series: How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale, A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon's Storm, How to Break a Dragon's Heart, How to Steal a Dragon's Sword, How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel, How to Betray a Dragon's Hero and How to Fight a Dragon's Fury.

Check out the brilliant website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com It's the place to go for games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks!

(P) Hodder Children's Books 2005©2005 Cressida Cowell

Reseñas de la Crítica

Vikings, dragons, Romans and mayhem cavort across the pages in their usual irreverent and hilarious style

These Hiccup stories are a sure-fire hit with children aged 6 and over. Full of quirky, child-like illustrations, they sparkle with humour and wit. The adventure is rip-roaringly fast and will engage from the very first page

Good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes

This is book three in the How to Train Your Dragon series. They keep getting better and better. It's the best book ever!

Great Listen

What made the experience of listening to How to Speak Dragonese the most enjoyable?

David Tennant is a GREAT narrator. We laugh all the way through the book.

What did you like best about this story?

The story is quite humorous and enjoyable for our entire family.

What about David Tennant’s performance did you like?

He does the most superb voices for each character.

Great Listen

Where does How to Speak Dragonese rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The How to Train Your Dragon series of books are the only audiobooks we (Mom, Dad, Son (8 yrs old) and Daughter (5 yrs old) have ever listened to, and we are sold. It has been a huge hit with the entire family for long road trips.

What did you like best about this story?

The kids love the entire series. The highlight of this one for them was when Alvin the Trecherous fell out of the baloon.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made us laugh. We loved it!

Any additional comments?

We recommend for the entire family. A great book to bridge the age gap between our 8 and 5 year old. I also think older kids would like it.

Fun for the whole family

What made the experience of listening to How to Speak Dragonese the most enjoyable?

The great interplay between the story and the narration made this a truly entertaining and enjoyable listen. The story is solid, and well worth reading on its own - full of adventure, intrigue, creativity, and individuality - but when the narration of Tennant is added to the mix you get a 1+1=5 scenario. He really brings the already great story to life.

I occasionally have trouble keeping track of who is speaking when listening to audio books but Tennant's character voices are so distinct, and fantastic, that not only do they make it easy to follow the dialogue, they make it seem as if there is an entire cast performing the book. The only downside (and its a very small, potentially hilarious one) is occasionally I would get sidetracked trying to figure out how one person was making so many different voices (complete with trying to mimic them), I would have to "rewind" the audio to catch the bit of story I missed.

What did you like best about this story?

I love how real Hiccup and his friends are. This isn't the story of someone suddenly finding out they are exactly what the world thinks they should be, or of some mystical "fairy godmother" figure coming down and fixing everything. This series is about a square peg trying to fit into a round hole, and all of the wonderful lessons, challenges, and self appreciation that is gained through that process. A message we can all benefit from hearing more often.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

These books are great for people of all ages!

Great book, love Tennant.

This is a great continuation of the adventure but some of the action and gore may be more suited to older listeners.

Awsome

This book is so Awesome ,funny ,cool when snotlout gets pushed by fish legs overboard ha ha ha ha ha!