How to Train Your Dragon is a series of ten children's books written by British author Cressida Cowell. The books are set in a fictional Viking world and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup and his tribe as they train Dragons as pets. The books were published by Hodder Children's Books in the UK and by Little, Brown and Company in the US. The first book was published in 2003 and the latest book in the series was published in 2012.
The books have subsequently been made into a franchise consisting of a feature film of the same name, several short stories and an animated television series created by DreamWorks Animation.
Famous quotes containing the words train and/or dragon:
“The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)
“One dragon may breed nine different offspring.”
—Chinese proverb.