How to Twist a Dragon's Tale (How to Train Your Dragon (Pb)) by Cowell, Cressida on 25/05/2010 Reprint edition

by Cressida Cowell

Library Binding

About the author

Cressida Cowell grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. How to Train Your Dragon is now published in over 30 languages. A DreamWorks Animation feature film is out in March 2010. Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband and three children.

Her Books:
1. How to Train Your Dragon (2003)
2. How to Be a Pirate (2004)
3. How to Speak Dragonese (2005)
4. How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse (2006)
5. How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale (2007)
6. A Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons (2008)
7. How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm (2008)
8. How to Break a Dragon’s Heart (2010)
9. How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (2011)
10. How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (2012)

Reviews

[Meredithhb · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars from C and reluctantly from me … this series really is so cute …. But I’m ready to move on ;). On to #6!

[Joseph Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, I love the HTTYD series, and the building tension with Alvin the Treacherous is always nice to lean into with every passing book in the series. However, it is the ending of the book that really stole my breath away.


/spoilers:
I thought it was incredibly sad - and felt a profound loss that Hiccup never brought up the ruby half with his mother, and that we got to read about adult Hiccup's loss of his mother - just following a glimpse of that other half.
It got to me so much that I even brought it up with my own mother, who thought it was interesting that such a book would include such a deep loss/sorrow in it.