How to Train Your Dragon (Book Series)
| How to train your dragon | |
|---|---|
| Original title | How to Train Your Dragon |
| genre | Children's book series |
| Children's book series | |
| author | Cressida Cowell |
| illustrator | Cressida Cowell |
| publishing company | Little, Brown and Company |
| First publication | 2003-2015 |
| expenditure | 12 |
Train Your Dragon (orig. How to Train Your Dragon ) is a twelve-part children's book series by British author Cressida Cowell . The action takes place in a fictional Viking world and accompanies the protagonist Hicks on his stony path to becoming a "real hero". In 2003, the first volume in the series was published in the United Kingdom by Little, Brown and Company and in the United States from 2004 by Hodder Children's Books. By 2015, the book series had sold over seven million copies worldwide.
The books were implemented by DreamWorks Animation as a franchise consisting of three feature films, several short films and a computer animation series . The third film was released in 2019.
Books
Cowell published twelve novels which deal with the adventures of the protagonist Hicks. All books have been translated into German and have been published by Arena Verlag . The books were originally published with interior illustrations by Cowell. Three volumes with illustrations by Cowell and three volumes with illustrations by Jutta Garbert were published in German. From 2015 the German editions were illustrated by Clara Vath . The covers up to volume eight were designed by Veronika Wunderer. With the new edition of 2016, the already published volumes were also published with new covers and illustrations by Vath and the translation was adapted to the film adaptation. Before the start of the book series, the main character Hiccup (Hicks) had his first appearance in the picture book Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick (2000).
| tape | German edition | English original edition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| title | Publishing year | ISBN | title | Publishing year | ISBN | |
| 1 | How to train your dragon | 2004 | ISBN 978-3-401-60230-1 | How to Train Your Dragon | 2003 | ISBN 978-0-340-99907-3 |
| 2 | Wild pirates ahead! | 2005 | ISBN 978-3-401-60231-8 | How to Be a Pirate | 2004 | ISBN 978-0-340-99908-0 |
| 3 | Top secret kite whispering | 2006 | ISBN 978-3-401-60232-5 | How to Speak Dragonese | 2005 | ISBN 978-0-340-99909-7 |
| 4th | Murderous kite curse | 2010 | ISBN 978-3-401-60233-2 | How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse | 2006 | ISBN 978-0-340-99910-3 |
| 5 | Flammable fire spouts | 2010 | ISBN 978-3-401-60234-9 | How to Twist a Dragon's Tale | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-340-99911-0 |
| 6th | Handbook for real heroes | 2010 | ISBN 978-3-401-60235-6 | A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-340-99913-4 |
| 7th | In the eye of the dragon storm | 2015 | ISBN 978-3-401-60236-3 | How to Ride a Dragon's Storm | 2008 | ISBN 978-1-4449-3982-8 |
| 8th | Flaming dragon heart | 2016 | ISBN 978-3-401-60237-0 | How to Break a Dragon's Heart | 2009 | ISBN 978-0-340-99692-8 |
| 9 | Hunt for the dragon inheritance | 2018 | ISBN 978-3-401-60238-7 | How to Steal a Dragon's Sword | 2011 | ISBN 978-1-4449-0094-1 |
| 10 | Search for the dragon jewel | 2018 | ISBN 978-3-401-60239-4 | How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel | 2012 | ISBN 978-1-4449-0879-4 |
| 11 | Treacherous dragon mark | January 2019 | ISBN 978-3-401-60240-0 | How to Betray a Dragon's Hero | 2013 | ISBN 978-1-4449-1398-9 |
| 12 | The last dragon king | March 2019 | ISBN 978-3-401-60241-7 | How to Fight a Dragon's Fury | 2015 | ISBN 978-1-4449-2753-5 |
Audio books
A little later than the publication of the children's books (2004, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 [part 7] , 2011 [part 6] , 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), audio book versions of the book series were also published. In the British original they are read by David Tennant , in the German translation by Benedikt Weber . The previous story Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick (2000) was published as an audio book in 2014 under the modified title How to Be a Viking , read by the author Cressida Cowell .
Movies
DreamWorks Animation released a computer-animated film adaptation of the same name on March 26, 2010, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois . The adaptation is only loosely based on the plot of the children's books. The film proved to be a resounding success and became a major franchise for DreamWorks Animation. In 2014, the sequel to the film series was released with How To Train Your Dragon 2 . The third part of the series How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Secret World started in the cinema in 2019. Audio book speaker Tennant spoke the supporting role of Spitelout in the movies.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alison Flood: Children's author Cressida Cowell scoops philosophers' award for fight against stupidity. The Guardian, October 22, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
- ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro: 'How To Train Your Dragon 3' Flies To 2019; Uni's DWA To Scale 'Everest' . Deadline. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ↑ How to Train Your Dragon | Book series | VATH ART | Illustration, concept art, design. In: vath-art.de. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ↑ How To Train Your Dragon Audiobooks in the Audible database. Accessed March 31, 2020.
- ↑ How To Be A Viking Audiobook in the Audible database. Accessed March 31, 2020.
- ↑ DreamWorks Animation Announces Feature Film Release Slate Through 2014 . DreamWorks Animation SKG. March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved on March 8, 2011.