How to Be a Viking

Cressida Cowell

Oct 2014 · Sold by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Featuring the beloved main character from the celebrated How to Train Your Dragon series, here's an exciting adventure that shows what it really means to be brave.
Includes Read Aloud/Read to Me feature where available.
Vikings are brave.
But Hiccup isn't like other Vikings. He's afraid of everything... including the sea. When Hiccup heads off for his very first ocean voyage, his seasickness is the least of his worries! The Vikings are lost in a terrible storm, and it's up to Hiccup to help them find their way home again.

Ratings and reviews

I am an 8th grade English teacher, and while searching for the perfect Heroes Journey Archetype exemplar for my students to emulate, I came across Vikings Don't Get Seasick. It is perfect! Not only does it have almost every HJA stage, but it also uses everything called for on the rubric. SPRINGBOARD UNIT 1 EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT. I want to buy at least six one for every table group. She uses vivid-verbs, dialogue, and a plethora of literary devices including: onomatopoeia, simile, personification, hyperbole, allegory, alliteration, imagery, foreshadow, connotative words, diction, sensory words, etc.

About the author

Cressida Cowell is the #1 internationally bestselling author and illustrator of The Wizards of Once and the How to Train Your Dragon series. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, where she spent her time writing stories, fishing for things to eat, and exploring the island. She now lives in Hammersmith, England, with her husband, three children, and a dog named Pigeon.