I read this out loud to my five-year-old son. We are huge fans of the movies so we thought we'd try the books. While we enjoyed the book, it is nothing like the movie! On it's own the book is fun although since I was the one reading it out loud, I have to admit that I struggled to pronounce some of the words (still working out how to pronounce "Seadragonus"). Overall, we enjoyed the books and my three-year-old son (who listened while he played on the floor) even laughed out loud several times.