A Supporting indicates the character appeared in two or more times within the property.A Main indicates a character had a starring role in the property.A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to be announced.Characters and Voice Cast Overview List indicator(s) An illustrative guide to the dragon world, titled The Incomplete Book of Dragons, was released in June 2014 (in the US it is titled The Complete Book of Dragons).Ĭowell cites the Scottish Inner Hebrides islands and stories of Scandinavian Scotland as inspirations for the book. A picture book, Hiccup the Seasick Viking published in 2000, is not considered a part of the series despite featuring the same character of Hiccup. Both of these titles were published in the US as part of the May 2014 How to Train Your Dragon Special Edition: With Brand New Short Stories! paperback movie tie-in edition. They are:Ĭowell published the supplementary spin-off stories as part of the series: The Day of the Dreader is a short story published in 2012 and the novella How To Train Your Viking was published as part of World Book Day 2006 and is claimed to be written by the dragon Toothless and translated by Cowell. Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick (2000, UK) / Hiccup: The Seasick Viking (2000, US), released on audio under the title How to Be a Viking‘’chickenĭreamworks also published 6 early reader books based on the movies these were not written by Cressida Cowell.The Incomplete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species (2014, UK) / The Complete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species (2014, US).How To Train Your Viking, by “Toothless the Dragon” (2006).

All the books have titles based around an instruction guide. The first book was published in 2003, and the last book was released in 2015.

A Hero's Guide To Deadly Dragons (2007)Ĭowell has published twelve full novels, based around the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock The Third.

Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick (2001).

The books have subsequently been made into a franchise consisting of three films of the same name, several short stories and an animated television series all produced by DreamWorks Animation. By 2015 the series had sold more than seven million copies around the world. The first book was published in 2003 and the last one in 2015.

The books were published by Hodder Children's Books in the UK and by Little, Brown and Company in the US. The books are set in a fictional Viking world and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup as he overcomes great obstacles on his journey of Becoming a Hero, the Hard Way. How to Train Your Dragon is a series of twelve children's books, written by British author Cressida Cowell. Cover of the first edition of How to Train Your Dragonįantasy, young adult fiction, coming of age

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