Horrid Henry's Nits - Francesca Simon

My 5 -year old son loves Horrid Henry books and Horrid Henry's nits is his favourite. Horrid Henry books are very like Just William stories but more up to date. Each book contains four separate stories. Horrid Henry is as his name implies, horrid. He is always getting into trouble unlike his younger brother perfect Peter. The books have some great characters such as Henry's enemy, Moody Margaret. There is sour Susan, greedy Graham and rude Ralph. Perfect Peter has his own set of friends including tidy Ted, goody goody Gordon and spotless Sam. Henry's long-suffering parents wish Henry could be more like Peter. Horrid Henry's nits contains four ...  Read the complete review

Horrid Henry, his brother Perfect Peter and his rabble of friends that includes Moody Margaret and Rude Ralph are currently the subject of 17 books written for children aged between 6 and 11. The author of these books is Francesca Simon and each book is based around the antics of Horrid Henry. As his name suggests Henry is a horrid child and so are many of his friends whereas his brother Peter is perfect. This leads Henry's mum and dad to wish that Henry would just stop being horrid and be more like his brother. We don't wish that however, as if Henry was perfect then there'd be no story. Horrid Henry' Nits is book number 4 and was published in 1996. The ...  Read the complete review