Day of the Dreader (Hiccup Novella)

Author(s): Cressida Cowell

Children's Fiction

A World Book Day 2012 exclusive short story in the How to Train Your Dragon series.


The Isle of Berk is being stalked by a deadly sea dragon called the BIG DREADER, fires are ravaging the forests and the Hairy Hooligans are trapped on the island without any food! All except Toothless who has found a stash of eggs that he plans to keep all to himself... But not if the BIG DREADER has anything to do with it!


Product Information

Cressida grew up in Chelsea. She studied English Literature at Keble College, Oxford University. She then worked at Macmillan in the Fiction department. She took a BA at St Martins in graphic design and then an MA in Narrative Illustration at Brighton. She is married with three children and lives in London.

General Fields

  • : 9781444910148
  • : Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division
  • : Hodder Children's Books
  • : 01 January 2012
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 January 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Cressida Cowell
  • : Paperback