Cressida Cowell

How to Train Your Dragon, Book 1 Cressida Cowell

Publisher Marketing: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as the Dragon Whisperer on account of his power over the terrifying beasts but it wasn t always so. Travel back to the days when the mighty warrior was just a boy, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans. Can Hiccup capture a dragon and train it without being torn limb from limb? Join the adventure as the small boy finds a better way to train his dragon and becomes a hero! Contributor Bio:  Cowell, Cressida Cressida Cowell lives in London with her husband, Simon; her children Maisie, Clementine, and Alexander; and two cats, Lily and Baloo. In addition to translating Hiccup s memoirs, she has written and illustrated such picture books as"Hiccup, the Viking Who Was Seasick", "Little Bo Peep s Library Book", and"That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown". Contributor Bio:  Tennant, David David Tennant is a Scottish actor who, over the last twenty years, has starred on stage, screen, television, and radio. In 2008 he played a widely praised Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company but is probably best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who", along with the title role in the 2005 television serial "Casanova "and as Barty Crouch Jr. in the 2005 film adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".