A Toothless Trick (Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy - Francesca Simon)

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Product:	Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy - Francesca Simon
Date:	16/01/09 (172 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to read

Disadvantages: Stories are only short

The Horrid Henry collection of stories is currently the subject of 17 books written for children aged between 6 and 11. The author of these books is Francesca Simon and the subject for the stories, a boy called Henry. 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 and the Tooth Fairy is book number 3 and was published in 1995The book contains four stories entitled, Horrid Henry and the Tooth Fairy, Horrid Henry's Wedding, Moody Margaret Moves In, Horrid Henry's New Teacher.

Each story is roughly 20 pages in length and so is more than manageable for children. The stories are also interspersed with some fabulous illustrations by Tony Ross, which help to engage children even further.

Now each story gives the reader another insight into the horrible antics that Henry gets up to during his day-to-day life. To give you a bit more information about each of the four stories I have written a synopsis for each. Please note that these synopses are short but that is simply because so are the stories and therefore writing too much would give the entire story away.

**Horrid Henry and the Tooth Fairy**
Why is everyone except him loosing his or her teeth? Henry is get angry and to make matters worse Peter comes home from school proudly sporting a gap where his front tooth should be. That's it, Henry must do anything and everything to loose one of his teeth - a visit from the tooth fairy and the money she brings with her is exactly what he must have!

**Horrid Henry's Wedding**
Henry does not want to be a pageboy. He especially does not want to be a pageboy for his cousin Prissy Polly and her soon-to-be husband Pimply Paul but with mum saying 'yes' before he could answer it looks like he has no choice. Or does he?

**Moody Margaret Moves In**
When Moody Margaret's parents decide to go away on holiday for two weeks, Mum kindly agrees to have Moody Margaret stay with them. If that weren't bad enough she then tells Henry that he must move into Peter's room and give Margaret his bed. It's just not fair!

**Horrid Henry's New Teacher**
It's the start of a new school year and Mum and Dad are determined that Henry will behave himself this year. Henry of course its determined to do the entire opposite, but when an extremely strict teacher walks in to take his class that task seems more difficult than he first thought.

My favourite story out of the four is Moody Margaret Moves In because it is somewhat different to the majority of the other Horrid Henry stories and is therefore a pleasure to read.

I would highly recommend these stories to all children within the target age range. They are simple yet entertaining reads and are sure to capture the imaginations of all that read them.

Summary: A lovely read for children