Play Book Tag discussion

How To Train Your Dragon – Cressida Cowell
Digital audiobook performed by David Tennant
4****

A delightful children’s fantasy book about dragons and Vikings and young people who rise to the occasion. The names of the characters (SnotLout, Fishlegs, Dogsbreath…etc) will appeal to tween boys as well.

I’ve never seen the movie, and I don’t have children, so really didn’t know what to expect. But I was completely charmed by this outrageous story. It’s fantastical, but relatable. Kids deal with bullies, with adults who don’t’ listen to them, with fear and courage and friends they can rely on. They worry about looking foolish, or appearing scared. They support their friends and stand up for what’s right. They’re smart, inventive, resilient and tenacious.

David Tennant does a marvelous job of narrating the audio version. The voices he uses for the Green Death Dragon and for Toothless, the heroic mini-dragon are wonderful.



LINK to my review

I wasn't impressed by this series until I heard David Tennant narrating book 2 - and that was by accident because the only copy I could find in the library was an audio, so I borrowed that. I was totally blown away by how much fun Tennant infused into the book!