Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book: Ten Favourite Stories - and more!

Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book: Ten Favourite Stories - and more!

by Francesca Simon (Author), Francesca Simon (Author), Tony Ross (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Ten favourite Horrid Henry stories, all about school. He gives the class nits, encounters a demon dinner lady, does his best to sabotage the school sports day, finds ingenious ways to get round doing his homework and reading books, and is publicly mortified by a pair of pink underpants. Francesca Simon has supplied extra material - complete lists of Horrid Henry's favourite and most hated teachers and classmates, accounts of his best and worst lessons, pages from his exercise book, school reports, a poem by himself, and more. Tony Ross has specially coloured some of the pictures and added some new ones, to make this a gorgeous new collection that all Horrid Henry fans will adore, even if they've read the stories already.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 160
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 04 Aug 2005

ISBN 10: 1842555022
ISBN 13: 9781842555026
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
Book Overview: A collection of ten of Horrid Henry's school escapades with colour illustrations by Tony Ross.

Media Reviews
'Brilliant short stories for little boys...' * MUMS BEST MAGAZINE *
'funny and readable... everyone is refreshingly horrible, making these a great antidote to fairy fever.' -- Nicole Morgan * LOOK AT A BOOK (THE GUARDIAN) *
Author Bio
Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California and started writing stories at the age of eight. She wrote her first Horrid Henry book in 1994. Horrid Henry has gone on to conquer the globe; his adventures are published in 27 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Francesca has won the Children's Book of the Year Award and been a judge for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. In 2009, in one of the proudest moments of her career, Francesca was awarded a Gold Blue Peter badge. Francesca is also a passionate ambassador for children's literacy and is a trustee of the World Book Day charity. She lives in North London with her family. Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. You can also follow her on Twitter @simon_francesca Tony Ross was born in London and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. He has worked as a cartoonist, a graphic designer, as the Art Director of an advertising agency, and as Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic. Tony is one of the most popular and successful children's illustrators of all time, best known for illustrating Horrid Henry and the works of David Walliams. Tony's books have been translated into 40 languages in over 100 countries. He lives in Macclesfield.