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How to Train Your Dragon: The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Bk. 1

(2004, Fiction - Fantasy, Written by Cressida Cowell, Illustrated by Cressida Cowell)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Decent story, potty humor, reluctant reader bait.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 8 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    A deer is torn to pieces, a dragon attacks a boy, a boy is swallowed by a dragon but survives, an army legion is eaten by a dragon, a dragon blows up.

  • Sex:

    A picture of a bare-bottomed Viking with a mermaid tattooed on his backside.

  • Language:

    None, but plenty of potty humor of the fart/belch/snot variety.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About How to Train Your Dragon: The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Bk. 1

Parents need to know that there is little to be concerned with here -- a bit of mild violence, not described -- but plenty of potty humor, the kind that eight-year-old boys find just about irresistible.

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