Horrid Henry - Francesca Simon

I have read most of the Horrid Henry titles (to my 7 and 8 year old children) and have found them humourous and engaging. The format of the "standard" Horrid Henry books is 4 stories of about 20 to 25 pages each. Each story is punctuated with a generous number of illustrations and takes me about 15 minutes to read (perfect for a bedtime story). Henry lives with his parents and his younger brother Peter. Henry's parents are forever scolding his naughtyness and they often have to tell him to "don't be horrid Henry". Peter is the antithesis of his older brother, he is clean, polite, hard working, considerate and thoroughly good - ...  Read the complete review

The dastardly deeds of Horrid Henry are currently the subject 17 books written for children aged between 6 and 11. The author of these books is Francesca Simon and each one is focused around Horrid Henry and his equally horrid friends. As you can probably guess from the title of the collection Henry is a horrid child whereas his brother Peter is perfect. Henry's mum and dad sincerely wish that Henry was like Peter but we don't because then there wouldn't be any fantastic antics from Simon to right her books about. Horrid Henry is book number 1 in the collection and was published in 1993. The book contains four stories entitled, Horrid Henry's Perfect Day, ...  Read the complete review