Iola Reads tackles ‘How To Train Your Dragon’

The children's book "How To Train Your Dragon" is the focus of this year's Iola Reads project, with the movie being shown Oct. 22, and a dragon riders' workshop planned Nov. 6 at the library.

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October 15, 2026 - 3:34 PM

Lesa Cole, a youth services librarian at Iola Public Library, poses with copies of “How to train your dragon,” this year’s young adult selection for Iola Reads, and dragon eggs. The eggs are free to any youth who uses their own library card to check out a book. Photo by Tim Stauffer / Iola Register

It’s not easy being the son of a Viking chief. Especially when your dad’s name is Stoick the Vast, your tribe is called the Hairy Hooligans, and everybody knows you as Hiccup the Useless.

And then, to make matters worse, while climbing into a cave to grab a dragon during your initiation ceremony, you save your friend’s life but end up with the smallest, cutest dragon of all (who has no teeth!), get challenged to a duel with the local bully, a brute named Snotface Snotlout, and get banished from the tribe by your very own father.

Talk about becoming a hero…

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