How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, 1) is a book by Cressida Cowell that tells the story of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, who tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. The book is part of a series of 12 books that follow Hiccup’s adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons and becomes a hero.