From the bestselling author of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON comes book 3 in an out-of-this-world new series packed with epic adventure, thrilling space travel and forbidden Magic.
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)
Thankyou to Hachettes Australia for an advance early readers copy of this great kids book. What a way to get your imagination working for young and old.Narrated by the author posing as The Story Maker in the book (first time I've read anything done that way) Based around a blended family with the 5 children as the main characters all learning to work together to save themselves and each other,they learn thar they each have special gifts and can do extradionary things alone and even more extradionary things together. Alot of adventures along the way with great illustrations throughtout the book.There are 2 more stories before this book and they can be read alone.There are some sliding door moments which really do make you think.