A Guide to Dragon Species (How to Train Your Dragon)

I bought this for my grandson as he is interested in the tv series and he had expressed interest in learning more about the dragons. I looked over this book and it looked like it fit the bill. Upon receipt I found it to be a very nice book, well illustrated and interesting. I gave it to my grandson and he really likes it. He has brought it to me showing me things he finds interesting. I am pleased at how much he is enjoying this book. It also looks very nice, it is hardback and seems quite sturdy. It made a nice gift and the price was good too.

We really enjoyed reading it and the illustrations are epic. It is a fun kind of guidebook to dragons. The only disappointment is we hoped it would be a little closer to the book featured in the series. There are a lot of dragons missing and no index. The dragon my son wanted to look up wasn't there.

However, what is there is fun and it is a great looking and feeling book. Makes a wonderful present.

I thought this would be more like an encyclopedia of dragons with stats and information about different dragons, but it's written more like a book/journal. It wasn't exactly what I expected, and my HTTYD daughters preferred the "Guide to the Dragons, Volumes 1 and 2" much better!

My son loved this the drawings and the glossy pages are pretty but it's not what I expected. I was looking for a listing of all the dragons with their stats and information and altough there is some of that in this book it's not really a complete dragon listing. :( Ah well, as I said my son enjoyed it I just have to constantly go on the web to look up dragons in question.

This book is not a story, but basically an encyclopedia of dragons. It tells you the name, fear factor, attack, speed, size and disobedience rating of each dragon. I love the pages where it shows you all the dragon eggs. All the illustrations in this book are awesome! I especially love the part called Talking Dragonese. Sra Staraway. If you want to know what I said, read the book and you will find out.

I love that this book is scary and funny at the same time. I have a lot of favorite parts, but I don't like the part where it shows you the poop of dragons and I don't like that the author never tells us which kind of Dragon Toothless is. But I love the book. Kids who love dragons and the How to Train Your Dragon Books and Movies will love this book too.

My daughter got this for Christmas (2nd grader) and she really enjoys it. She is a big fan of the book series. I have read it with her and I often hear her giggling to herself as she reads on her own. Would definitely recommend as a companion to the series.