How to Train Your Dragon: How to Be a Pirate

book 2 in the series, Hiccup learns that the popularity he earned from saving Berk from the Sea Dragon is shot lived. He and his fellow Vikings are being taught how to be pirates (it involves things like fighting at sea, spitting, and basic burglary) when they discover a coffin containing a man named Alvin the Poor-but-Honest Farmer and a riddle to the treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly, an ancestor of Hiccup's who is viewed as the world's greatest pirate. Yet another person Hiccup can't quite seem to live up to.

When the tribe decides to search out the treasure, they get more than they bargain for. For one thing, the treasure is supposedly located on Skull Island, where dragons that are considered some of the most fearsome hunters troll. For another, only the true heir and his dragon can find Grimbeard's treasure, and Toothless shows no talent for finding treasure.

Hiccup discovers many things about himself and once again becomes a sort of accidental sort of on purpose hero. But can he deal with being double crossed? And can he save everyone from the biggest threat they've faced (since the Sea Dragon) when he can hardly swing a sword without falling over?

I don't know how they plan to make the second movie (which is planned for 2013) but I can't help but wonder how they would change this one to the big screen.

Hiccup the son of Stoick the vast was taking pirate classes with captain Gobber. Part of pirate training required Hiccup to fight his classmates on the ship. When a storm unexpectedly wrecked the ship a mysterious crate was found. After inspecting the crate a mysterious person was found, that lead Hiccup and his friends on an amazing treasure adventure. My favourite character in this book was hiccup because he displayed bravery alongside his dragon Toothless. The character I dislike the most was Alvin the treacherous. An unexpected turn of events at the ending of the book made me like reading it even more. I would recommend this book for people who like to read about adventure and fairytales.

How to be a Pirate

By Cressida Cowel

Have you ever been with Vikings? Now you can. This book is very funny and imaginative, recommended for all ages.

The book's point of view is from Hiccup, the main character. The action begins on a pirate ship named the Lucky Thirteen where Hiccup and the Hairy Hooligans are practicing to be pirates. Each boy has a dragon for a pet. They find a coffin floating in the water. They open it and out pops a character named Alvin, the poor but honest farmer. This is an example of this wild, wonderful, heartwarming fiction. Toothless is the name of Hiccups dragon. Although Toothless is very lazy he is also very funny. An example of a funny quote is "He leapt forward and bit that wobbling rear end as hard as he could".

I liked this book because its funny and adventurous. The characters have hilarious names, like Dogs Breath the Duh Brain, Snotlout, Baggy Bum. Hiccup and his best friend, Fish legs are both wimps. This book will show that even wimps can save the day. Don't read this book without reading How to Train Your Dragon, the first book in the series of three. You will find yourself going on an adventure and laughing hysterically.

Moral dilemmas and coffins that say "Do not open!"

Toothless is lazy, Hiccup is lucky, and the vikings need a dose of common sense. I like how weird it is (lessons how to insult enemies' mothers and also venomous sea snake with a need to impress). Though the books are not like the movies, I still enjoy them.

Recently the "How to Train Your Dragon" movie came out, and it reminded me how much I loved the books when I was younger. After reading them again, I still love them. "How to be a Pirate" is a swashbuckling story of how Hiccup, his friend Fishlegs, and Toothless are taken along on a journey to find the lost treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly. Hiccup escapes danger at every turn, and his cleverness saves him from many tough situations. The whole story will keep just about anyone's interest, with it's constant action and humorous characters. This story will appeal to the young, and the young at heart. I totally recommend this book.

Cressida Cowell does it again in this wonderful sequel of How to Train Your Dragon (which is also five stars). This is a fantastic book of a viking boy named Hiccup who is not exactly the best at swordfighting, dragon training, or being the king's heir. Unfortunitly, Snoutlout, the bully, is. When a strange Poor-but-honest-famrmer comes along and sends them all on a journey to an island where Skullions (the most dangerous and untrainable dragon ever) run wild, Hiccup must find the treasure before Snoutlout does, or he won't be the heir to the throne. This is a funny book, an enjoyable book, and a book about a boy who finds he is more than what he thought.

After reading "How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell" I went on a search for other books by this author. I stumbled upon "How to be a pirate", second in the series. It has as much humor as the first book, that means a lot! All the original characters are in the book, including a few new people and dragons. I reccommend this book to all people. If you haven't read the first book in the series "How to train your dragon" then you should read that first. There are also pictures through-out the book. Soem are humerous, some make the writing more imaginable. This is one of the best books I have ever read.

I liked this book because it was funny, exciting and my mother made me read it for summer reading. The illustrations were pretty good. My favorite chapter was the tenth "The Worst Day of Hiccup's Life So Far." It was where Hiccup had to find Grimbeard the Ghastly's coffin to find the treasure inside. I would recommend this book to other kids who are at least ten years old.

Love them all really. Have the whole series and read them to my six year old before bed. She stays pretty engaged. She can read well and enjoys them now, she'll enjoy them more when she's a littler older too. I don't mind sitting through them. Funny story, in the middle of the book we went to dinner and she had it in her bag. There was a local renaissance festival going on and a man in full pirate garb walked by the table and she made him sign her book.

i loved this book!! its another hicup story! folowing the story from How to train your dragon this fantasy about a boy and his dragon is one of the best!!!its a funny story and a adventure, if you like dragons and clumsy vikings trying to be pirates you'll love this story if i could give more stars i would!!! if you buy this book i hope you like it!!

How very sad that our reading public has descended to such low intellectual depths as to rate this book highly. It is a detraction when an author (authoress?) must resort to using gutter language in a children's book. Do you parents really want your child to use the word "fart" ? I put the book away after reading that passage (minus the vulgarity) to my grandson.