This gift book of 10 stories is the culmination of celebrations for the 20th anniversary year for Horrid Henry, the nation's favourite naughty little boy. Horrid Henry is a character loved by boys and girls in equal measure and this is a perfect gift for a new generation of kids just beginning to read confidently alone and also great fun for adults and older siblings to share with youngsters aged 5+.
Following in the footsteps of previous gift books (HH'S DREADFUL DEEDS, HH'S HOUSE OF HORRORS, HH RULES THE WORLD, HH'S EVIL ENEMIES, HH'S WICKED WAYS, HH'S BIG BAD BOOK, HH SHOWS WHO'S BOSS), enjoy the best of Horrid Henry in this compilation of Horrid Henry's most terrible tricks!
In these ten favourite stories chosen from the Horrid Henry books, Moody Margaret has a sleepover, Henry finds a fool-proof way to win at Gotcha, wakes the dead, gets his own back on Stuck-Up Steve, builds the best snowman ever and finds yet more fiendishly funny ways to trick Perfect Peter.
Plus, there are awesome extras including Gotcha rules, Henry's Talent Show Rap, Grump Cards and the TRUE autobiography of Henry, Lord High Excellent Majesty of the Purple Hand Gang.
This is the perfect gift book for all Horrid Henry fans!
Francesca Simon was born in St Louis, Missouri, grew up in California, and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. She worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US) and after her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over fifteen milllion copies.
Francesca won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. HORRID HENRY is published in 24 countries and is also an animated CITV series. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.
