* Sunday Herald, Glasgow * CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK: This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour. It offers a challenging read to 11-year-olds, and rewards reading aloud, especially for those who relish an element of theatre at story time.
* The Financial Times * How to Train Your Dragon is a delightful narrative caper. liberally illustrated with riotous drawings, notes and maps. Lots for lots of different readers to enjoy. * Independent on Sunday * 'a hilarious and gripping adventure, beautifully paced and studded with great dramatic scenes.' * Amanda Craig, Times * puts a contemporary spin on the old brains over brawn moral and brings the story to a climax with a thrilling dragon duel. * First News * 'If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet, you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature.' * Julia Eccleshare, Guardian children's editor * 'Cowell writes laugh-out-loud books with plenty of boy appeal Cowells anarchic drawings suit the slapstick humour.' * The Herald * Bulging with good jokes, funny drawings and dramatic scenes, it is absolutely wonderful. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon. She has won numerous prizes for her books, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Hay Festival Medal for Fiction, and Philosophy Now'magazine's 2015 Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity. The first book in Cressida's new series, The Wizards of Once (also signed by DreamWorks), is a number one bestseller.Ĭressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. It is also an award-winning DreamWorks film series, and a TV series shown on Netflix and CBBC.
How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages. Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon book series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton.
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