How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon is the first in a series of eight books set in a fictional viking world. The books were published in 2003 as children's novels written by British author Cressida Cowell who pretented to be the "translator" of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third's original book. These are the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.
Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell is an English children's author who wrote the Hiccup series of books. She "translated" the story of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III from old Norwegian. Before Hiccup was a brave Viking warrior, before he was known as the Dragon Whisperer, he was a bit... chicken. After all he is a brainy teen who learns how to become a hero - the hard way.