Skype in the Classroom with Cressida Cowell
For nearly fifteen years, Cressida Cowell has captured the imagination of young readers with her How to Train Your Dragon book series published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. In 2010, DreamWorks Animation brought the popular series from page to screen for movie-goers everywhere. Now in 2019, Skype in the Classroom brings you and your students the opportunity to join us for a free 30-minute classroom broadcast with Cressida!
Cressida will take viewers behind-the-scenes, showing how new worlds are built, characters are developed, and that the magic is always in the details! Students will be inspired to tap into their boundless imaginations, unleash their creativity, and create new worlds of their own!
Cressida Cowell is the #1 internationally bestselling author and illustrator of The Wizards of Once and the How to Train Your Dragon series. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, where she spent her time writing stories, fishing for things to eat, and exploring the island. She now lives in Hammersmith, England, with her husband, three children, and a dog named Pigeon.
Enter the Little, Brown School Sweepstakes for a chance to win a box set of the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON series!
How to Train Your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell
Action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly illustrated, How to Train Your Dragon is a beloved modern classic with millions of fans across the globe. This edition features cover art from the Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and bonus excerpts from other exciting books by Cressida Cowell.
In the book that started it all, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb? Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons--and becomes a hero.
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese
by Cressida Cowell
Don't miss a moment of the How to Train Your Dragon series, the bestselling, funny, action-packed books that inspired the hit movies!
The story begins when Hiccup, his friend Fishlegs, and his cranky dragon Toothless get separated from their class during Boarding-an-Enemy-Ship practice. They accidentally board a prowling Roman galley intent on provoking war. When they rescue a tiny nanodragon, they uncover a plot to steal every dragon on the Isle of Berk!
This is just the start to an epic adventure that will have kids laughing from start to finish, and shines with Cressida Cowell's trademark blend of action, humor, heart, and engaging illustrations.
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
by Cressida Cowell
Don't miss an action-packed, hilarious, heart-warming moment of the New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit movies!
The heat is on for Hiccup! Someone has stolen the Fires-Stone from Volcano Island, which means the Volcano has become active and the tremors are hatching the Eggs of Exterminator Dragons! Can Hiccup return the Fire-Stone to the Volcano, stop it from erupting, and save the Tribes from being wiped out by the terrible sword-claws of the Exterminators?
This fifth adventure in the How to Train Your Dragon series is packed with the action, humor, heart, and remarkable illustrations that have made Cressida Cowell a beloved bestseller around the globe.
A How to Train Your Dragon: A Journal for Heroes
by Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
by Cressida Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
by Cressida Cowell
The Wizards of Once
by Cressida Cowell
In the first book of a new series by the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon, the warring worlds of Wizards and Warriors collide in a thrilling and enchanting adventure.
Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors, who were not. But Xar, son of the King of Wizards, can't cast a single spell. And Wish, daughter of the Warrior Queen, has a banned magical object of her own. When they collide in the wildwood, on the trail of a deadly witch, it's the start of a grand adventure that just might change the fabric of their worlds.
With Cressida Cowell's trademark wit, and the same stunning combination of action, adventure, heart, humor, and incredible artwork that made How to Train Your Dragon a beloved bestselling franchise, The Wizards of Once will transport and enchant readers.
The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic
by Cressida Cowell
From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series--set in a magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites.
This was once the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who had been taught since birth to hate each other like poison.
But now, the boy Wizard and girl Warrior have been brought together in the Badwoods and they have witnessed the shocking consequences of the Stone That Takes Away Magic. They will need to cast aside their differences once more--for an Evil Spell has broken free.
It's up to Xar and Wish to find the ingredients. But it means entering dangerous territory unannounced...
Cressida Cowell brings her trademark wit to this spellbinding sequel, along with the stunning artwork and heartfelt adventure that has made her beloved around the world, weaving a story that is sure to transport readers to a world that will enchant and bewitch them.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Complete Series
by Cressida Cowell
Read the books that inspired the hit movie sensation with this new and complete paperback gift set of the New York Times bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series!
How to Train Your Dragon chronicles the adventures and misadventures of reluctant Viking hero Hiccup and his dragon, Toothless. Join them on all twelve of their exciting stories.
This beautiful box set showcases the series' stunning new look and makes the perfect gift for any How to Train Your Dragon fan!
Enter the Little, Brown School Sweepstakes for a chance to win a box set of the
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON series!