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How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese

By: Cressida Cowell
Narrated by: David Tennant
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The rollicking sequel to How to Train Your Dragon and How to Be a Pirate offers a fast-paced plot, slapstick humor, witty dialogue, to enhance an exciting tale featuring Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.

©2010 Cressida Cowell (P)2013 Hachette Audio Action & Adventure Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy & Magic Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Witty Funny

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We absolutely love this series. It’s our in the car book for a couple of months.

Family Car Rides

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Where does How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

2nd only to the first How to Train Your Dragon when it comes to humorous books. I don't usually listen to children's books, but I need some really really light, unpretentious and fun distractions right now.

What was one of the most memorable moments of How to Train Your Dragon: How to Speak Dragonese?

Reunion with Toothless at Fort Sinister

Which character – as performed by David Tennant – was your favorite?

Ziggerastica

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh and feel sad

David makes Cressida's tale come alive

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First: yes, this is the book series the movies are based but the story/ stories and characters are fairly different from the movie. So if you start listening to these books be aware of this and open to differences.

Now: I highly enjoy listening to David Tennant reading these novels. His performance is amazing, engaging and highly amusing.
The story of the book is easy to follow without being boring or too predictable. I personally enjoy them as relaxing and funny short books to listen to. Of course they are designed for young readers and fit these criteria perfectly. So don't expect complex turnoff events or anything like this.
I am amazed by the detailed descriptions and thoughts the author put into all the different kinds of dragons. Discovering more of them and about them is really fun.

Overall I enjoyed listening to this book and I look forward to finding out how the characters further develop through more stories.
I would encourage listening to the books in order but I don't believe it is necessary.

Cara

Entertaining tale for young readers

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The story itself, especially with the delivery by the narrator, was fantastic. VERY much different from the movie, but amazing in its own right. David Tennant did an awesome job as the narrator for this story, giving each character their own voice and highlighting elements of personality through said voice. Volume does shift quite a bit, but not enough to be disrupting to me. Flow was fairly good, with the exception of the sound effects between EVERY chapter, which disrupted things quite a bit. A bit at the very beginning and end of the story, sure, but every chapter? Not so much.

Pretty amazing, but one problem...

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loved the voice acters and the funnyness and danger in the story it went ways in the story line that I did not think it would happen on of the best books I ever listened to in my life and the begging of a new caricature to be a best frinf

the story line

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I love Fishlegs! He is hilarious! As usual this book is another gem in the series and does not disappoint. It is funny and entertaining. Cressida Cowell is a genius and David Tennant is a pure joy to listen to. I don't think they could have picked a better narrator.

Now on to the next one!!

Brilliant!

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the reading was magical. it transformed a well written children's story to a work of art.

David Tenet is inspired

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Never watched the movie, but this book is definitely one of my favorites. I love the sections with the dragon language!!

Hilarious

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The story is equal parts hilarious and heartwarming. The narration of David Tennant is perfection.

David Tennant is a treasure - and so are Hiccup and Toothless

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I love this series. I love this book. I love the reader, he does a great job with the accents.

Love it

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