My daughter and I are fans of Cressida Cowell, the author and illustrator of the fantastic HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON series. We are currently reading the 12th and final book. (Oh, how it hurts to write final!) Quoting from HOW TO FIGHT A DRAGON’S FURY: “THE STORY SO FAR.‘There were dragons when I was a boy.” Those were the first words of the beginning of this story. Once there was a boy named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, who lived on the little isle of Berk with a hunting-dragon called Toothless, and a riding-dragon called the Windwalker, wild and …
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WORD PLAY
Every writer knows word play is addicting. And, happily, readers flock to those writers who express themselves with originality and authenticity. By that I mean, the images evoked are vivid and often surprising, and the words feel “right” for the narrative world they bring to life. My seven-year-old daughter and I are currently enjoying the series, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. We look forward to our nightly installment, and always we end up laughing out loud. Today’s playful description comes courtesy of Cressida Cowell, the series author, and Toothless, Hiccup’s tiny and sleep-deprived dragon: “Toothless crawled up from his place …