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A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies

A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies

by TonyRoss (Illustrator), Francesca Simon (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

    $3.27
Synopsis

Did you know that if your intestines were removed they would stretch round a tennis court several times over? Or that humans are as hairy as gorillas? Or that you move more than 90 muscles in your leg every time you take step? Or that you'll spend three years of your life on the toilet and one third of your life asleep?

Packed with freaky facts and random trivia, this is the perfect guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and lots of things you might never have wanted to know) about Bodies - Horrid Henry style!

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Orion Childrens
Published: 03 Feb 2011
ISBN 10: 1444001620
ISBN 13: 9781444001624
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
 Book Overview: Weird and wonderful, hilarious and horrid, welcome to Horrid Henry's non-fiction guide to everything you ever wanted to know about BODIES.

Media Reviews
Henry's packed-with-facts non-fiction range launches with a hilarious, and naturally, horrid guide to bodies. -- Fiona Noble * THE BOOKSELLER *
Horrid Henry fans will delight in their favourite bad boy's book of disgusting facts. The way Henry looks at things, much about the body is pretty disgusting, so from ear wax through snoring to the highest jumping animal in the world, Horrid Henry gives his original take on the unusual and weird things about bodies. -- Julia Eccleshare * LOVEREADING4KIDS *
Chock-full of interesting facts and figures. A fun read for little fact lovers. * THE BOOKBAG *
Author Bio
Francesca Simon spent her childhood in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over 50 books and won THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR in 2008 at the GALAXY BRITISH BOOK AWARDS for HORRID HENRY AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN. Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. Tony Ross is one of Britain's best known illustrators, with many picture books to his name, including the bestselling Little Princess stories (Andersen). He has also produced the line drawings for many fiction titles, for authors such as David Walliams, Jeanne Willis, Enid Blyton, Astrid Lindgren, and many more. He lives in Wales.