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Francesca Simon

    February 23, 1955

    Francesca Simon's background in Medieval Studies, surprisingly, provided a strong foundation for her writing, particularly her skillful use of alliteration in children's literature. Transitioning from academia to journalism before dedicating herself fully to children's books, she has become one of the UK's most successful authors. Her prolific output, including a massively popular series, has achieved global recognition and sold millions of copies worldwide. Simon's distinctive voice and engaging style continue to captivate young readers internationally.

    Francesca Simon
    Horrid Henry's Animals
    Dummy Horrid Henry's Nits
    Horrid Henry. Perfect Revenge
    The Big Book of Horrid Henry
    Horrid Henry: Up, Up and Away
    Horrid Henry's Annual 2012
    • Horrid Henry's Annual 2012

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Another whole year full of Horrid Henry in the most utterly wicked, totally brilliant annual yet.

      Horrid Henry's Annual 2012
      4.8
    • Horrid Henry: Up, Up and Away

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Number One for fiendish fun! Horrid Henry takes to the skies in UP, UP AND AWAY!

      Horrid Henry: Up, Up and Away
      4.9
    • Horrid Henry. Perfect Revenge

      Book 8

      • 130 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Number One for Fiendish Fun! This book contains the ULTIMATE revenge, a computer hack, a DISASTROUS office visit and a demon dinner lady! Four utterly hilarious and totally brilliant Horrid Henry stories by Francesca Simon, with illustrations by Tony Ross. An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure.

      Horrid Henry. Perfect Revenge
      4.5
    • Horrid Henry's Animals

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      The seventh Horrid Henry Factbook: forget cute kitties and cuddly bunnies. This is Horrid Henry's extra special guide to smelly, nasty and totally weird ... ANIMALS, from multi-million-copy selling author, Francesca Simon, and David Walliams' illustrator, Tony Ross.

      Horrid Henry's Animals
      5.0
    • Spider School

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Snakes and snails and spiders for dinner! Kate was having a bad day. Her first morning at her new school and already her clothes have gone missing, her best friend has disappeared, and her new teacher is a comic-reading gorilla. Something is very wrong¿ Francesca Simon brings every child's worst nightmare to life in this funny, original story brought to life with Tony Ross's inimitable illustrations.

      Spider School
      4.5
    • Horrid Henry: School Stinks

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Number One for Fiendish Fun! Join Henry in a bumper edition of mayhem with this completely wicked collection of six of his best school stories!

      Horrid Henry: School Stinks
      4.7
    • Horrid Henry's Christmas Ambush

      • 73 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Santa's in for a shock in this hilarious Horrid Henry Christmas story, perfect for Early Readers. Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Henry has a horrid plan to make sure he gets all the presents he wants on Christmas Day - he's going to kidnap Santa!

      Horrid Henry's Christmas Ambush
      4.4