Author Cressida Cowell has written several warmly received books for children. Booklist calls How to Train Your Dragon a "wildly enjoyable comic fantasy." Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III may be the son of the brave leader of the mighty Viking tribe the Hairy Hooligans, but he certainly doesn't feel very heroic. When Hiccup and the other boys his age are challenged to pick baby dragons from the dragon nursery, Hiccup actually manages to catch a small one. But now how will he train his stubborn new pet?