Cowell gives practical advice about facing fears, with an all-too-human problem-throwing up-as the great equalizer. His short red hair matches his father's scraggly beard, but his blue helmet has stumpy, blunt horns.

In the loose watercolors, in which smiling sea creatures ride roiling waves, Hiccup is a gentler figure. That's what makes them so brave.'' Cowell (Little Bo Peep's Library Book) describes Vikings as ''enormous, roaring thieves with bushy mustaches who sailed all over the world and took whatever they wanted.'' She downplays the pillaging (which could compromise the heroism) and pictures Stoick as a broad-bellied, guffawing fellow with curling horns on his pointed helmet. Hiccup sees that his peers get scared, ''but they get over it. Their squiggly frowns betray their nausea, and they lean over the side of the bucking ship (with their backs politely to the reader). His linebacker-size father, known as Stoick the Vast, cheerfully scoffs, ''Vikings don't get frightened.'' Hiccup reluctantly joins a crew and, as the sea grows wilder, he turns green and gets seasick ''all over Stoick's feet.'' However, the other sailors feel queasy, too. The result is a sophisticated-looking faux-primitive look that perfectly matches the text.Hiccup, a diminutive Viking boy, dreads rough stuff.

Cowell opted to illustrate the book as if it had been illustrated by a clever but slightly gross 10-year-old. How to Be a Pirate A Heros Guide to Deadly Dragons Hiccup the Seasick Viking / How To Be A Viking. Dragons speak a sophisticated and subtle language, and dragon trainers will find that employing this language is a more effective way to train a dragon than “the traditional methods of yelling at it.” As with training parents, the most important first word to learn is pishyou, “please.” Aspiring trainers will also learn how to ask in Dragonese, “Please would you be so kind as to spit my friend out?” and to say firmly the all-important pedagogical encouragement, “Let’s try that again.” This is a silly book silly in all the ways that a nine-year-old lover of dragons and wordplay and games can be silly. How to Train Your Dragon Books in Order (14 Book Series). Of course, no one can confuse them with the dreaded Monstrous Nightmare dragon. They are similar enough to be easily confused. This will help them distinguish between the Common or Garden dragon and the Basic Brown dragon. This is the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way.” Readers will find several pages from a field guide to dragons. “I was not a natural at the Heroism business,” admits Hiccup.

Like all great heroes, he believes that it is important to tell posterity about his adventures. Hiccup remembers that when he was young there were plenty of dragons, but they seem to be gradually going extinct. Now Hiccup has returned, this time in an adventure for older readers, How to Train Your Dragon. British writer and illustrator Cressida Cowell is the creator of several picture books, including the memorable Hiccup, the Viking Who Was Seasick, the story of a little Viking who doesn’t feel as brave or bold as his comrades.

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