HORRID HENRY'S Ten Even More Terrible Tales

Box set of 10 books

written by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

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Boxed set of 10 new softcover books in slipcase. For children aged 5 and older.

Join the naughtiest boy in the world whose fiendish plots to make money, get out of doing his homework, torment his brother and more will have you aching with laughter.

Titles include:

• Horrid Henry - The very first Horrid Henry book! Henry is dragged to dancing class against his will, vies with Moody Margaret to make the yuckiest Glop, goes camping in France and tries to be good like Perfect Peter - but not for long.

• Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman - Building a snowman brings out Henry's competitive streak; he sets up his Monstrous Makeovers business to rival Moody Margaret's Miraculous Makeovers; things go badly wrong when a famous author comes to school; and he thinks 'You'll all be sorry when I'm dead' and spends a rainy day writing his will.

• Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker - Four fabulously funny stories that will invoke every family's worst Christmas nightmares, as Horrid Henry sabotages the school play, tries to do his Christmas shopping without spending his pocket money, attempts to ambush Father Christmas, and endures Christmas dinner with the guests from hell.

• Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick - Horrid Henry tries to sell off Perfect Peter and get rich, makes sure he gets the presents he wants for Christmas, sabotages Sports Day at school and runs away from home.
  

• Horrid Henry's Haunted House - Horrid Henry slugs it out with Perfect Peter over the remote control, stays in a haunted house and gets a nasty shock, discovers where X marks the spot in the hidden treasure competition and stars on TV.

• Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse - Horrid Henry indulges his favourite hobby - collecting Gizmos - has a bad time with his spelling homework, puts about a rumour that there is a shark in the swimming pool, and spooks Perfect Peter with the mummy's curse.

• Horrid Henry Robs the Bank - Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game, comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party - and gets it by taking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.

• Horrid Henry's Joke Book - Horrid Henry has collected all of his favourite jokes and is itching to share them. He's divided them into sections, each one covering a subject he finds fascinating: Demon Dinner Ladies laughs, Anti-Aunt jokes, scary screamers and jokes not suitable for mums. And Henry's written his own, special introduction to each section. A side-splittingly funny new book bursting with jokes collected from primary schools throughout Britain - so they're perfect for their audience.

• Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book - Horrid Henry's friends and enemies all think his first joke book was such a great idea that they want to write one, too! Themed sections from each of Henry's classmates and some of his teachers include Ralph's Rude Jokes, Gurinder's Gorgeous Jokes, Weepy William's 'Wah Nobody Laughed at My Jokes' Jokes, Boudica's Battle Jokes and Fangmangler Jokes. Of course Henry's determined to have the last word with the funniest and grossest jokes of all.

• Horrid Henry's Mighty Joke Book - Horrid Henry's friends are so keen to hamper Henry's humour, after the success of their contributions to his Jolly Joke Book, that they're willing to pay Henry to include their jokes in his next book. But they don't realise that Henry has saved his best gags for this book, so their hard-earned money will be misspent when their anecdotes are overshadowed. Themed sections include Fluffy's Jokes and Greasy Greta's Greasy Jokes, as well as typically hilarious jokes from Henry in this fantastic collection.

The perfect introduction to chapter books for 5-7 year old readers

About the author

Francesca Simon ( born St Louis, Missouri, 1955) grew up in California, and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.

She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and US Vogue. 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 Joshua, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.

About the illustrator

Tony Ross (born London, 10 August 1938) is a British illustrator and author for children. He is most noted for his work with Francesca Simon on the Horrid Henry books, and has also illustrated the Harry The Poisonous Centipede and Dr. Xargle series of books. He has also written some children's books including the Little Princess series which features issues such as sibling rivalry, bad manners and attachment.

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Horrid Henry's Ten Even More Terrible Tales 10 book set - Francesca Simon, illutrated by Tony Ross