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How to Train Your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell
This series is always so much fun.
Much like Howl's Moving Castle, the book and movie versions of How to Train Your Dragon are related but different. Each uses similar elements to build different fantastic stories.
Setting aside the wildly inaccurate and blusteringly machismo portrayal of Vikings - not to mention the overabundance of snot jokes - this is the charming adventure story of a hapless young boy who's just trying his best. It's perfect for kids, but somehow still manages to work for adults too. David Tennant's narration is wonderful, and I will never stop loving his voice for Toothless.
One of my favorite things about this book is Stoick's pride in Hiccup. Hiccup doesn't seem like a promising Viking leader to anyone else, but Stoick only ever sees in him a beloved son who is capable of anything.
Much like Howl's Moving Castle, the book and movie versions of How to Train Your Dragon are related but different. Each uses similar elements to build different fantastic stories.
Setting aside the wildly inaccurate and blusteringly machismo portrayal of Vikings - not to mention the overabundance of snot jokes - this is the charming adventure story of a hapless young boy who's just trying his best. It's perfect for kids, but somehow still manages to work for adults too. David Tennant's narration is wonderful, and I will never stop loving his voice for Toothless.
One of my favorite things about this book is Stoick's pride in Hiccup. Hiccup doesn't seem like a promising Viking leader to anyone else, but Stoick only ever sees in him a beloved son who is capable of anything.