Stars: 4
Author: Crescida Cowell
Format: 200+ pages, a few drawings.
Reading level: grades 4 and up

Summary: Hiccup Haddock Horrendous The Third is the son of a Viking chief. This series of books tells his various adventures, with his friend Fishlegs and Kamizaki (the daughter of another Viking tribe's chief), his pet dragon Toothless, and his enemy and competitor Snotlout, and various other entertaining characters. Very entertaining and quite funny.

Books in the series:

How to train your dragon
How to be a pirate
How to speak Dragonese
How to cheat a dragon's curse
A hero's guide to deadly dragons
How to twist a dragon's tale
How to ride a dragon's storm