Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her English husband and their son. When she is not writing books she is doing theatre and restaurant reviews or chasing after her Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.

If you are interested you can click here to read a letter from the author about her character 'Horrid Henry'.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry's Dreadful Deeds
Francesca Simon
10 of Horrid Henry’s most dreadful deeds all in one wonderful volume, and perfect for every boy and girl aged 5+.  Whether it’s sabotaging his parents’ dinner party, plotting revenge on everyone by writing his will or just generally being...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2010

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Horrid Henry's Horrid Holidays
Francesca Simon
A perfect holiday pack for kids of 5+ includes a copy of Horrid Henry, the very first book and featuring Henry and his brother perfect Pete.  There’s also a terrific Puzzle Book that’s packed with brilliant puzzles – mazes, word...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010

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Horrid Henry's Football Kit
Francesca Simon
Bumper pack, including Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend, as well as the Horrid Henry Joke Book and a pack of World Cup Snap cards featuring the flags of all the competing countries.  Laugh along with Henry as he tries...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010

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Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
Francesca Simon
A World Cup Selection. A new collection of stories about Horrid Henry and his little brother, Perfect Pete. Henry is as determined as ever to get his own way and will stop at nothing to achieve his...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010

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Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend: Early Reader
Francesca Simon
A brilliant story with football as the backdrop to the story about Horrid Henry, his little brother, Perfect Pete and of course not forgetting Moody Margaret. Henry is as determined as ever to get his own way and will stop...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010

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Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead
Francesca Simon
Everybody’s favourite bad boy is back for a new set of shocking adventures. Horrid Henry and his brother Perfect Peter will squabble over anything and everything – and, as his fans will know, his behaviour is getting worse! At home...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2009

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Horrid Henry Robs The Bank
Francesca Simon
Horrid Henry is back starring in four more perfect stories which hilariously show off his very worst behaviour. Wherever Henry is, trouble is never far behind as he works out his cunning plots all of which are designed to upset...
Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 07/08/2008

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Horrid Henry Rules the World
Francesca Simon
Ten favourite Horrid Henry stories have been enriched by new colour illustrations by Tony Ross. As ever, Horrid Henry subverts every possible occasion – with hilarious results for everyone except, of course, Perfect Pete.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2008

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Don't Be Horrid, Henry! (Book and CD)
Francesca Simon
Horrid Henry reaches a younger generation of readers in this new picture storybook. It’s an amusing tale about brotherly love and sibling rivalry and comes complete with a fantastic CD full of extra Horrid Henry entertainments. Horrid Henry is the...
Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 07/02/2008

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Horrid Henry's Christmas Stocking Pack
Francesca Simon
The perfect stocking filler for all Horrid Henry fans whether they be unbelievably cheeky, awesomely wicked and utterly horrid like Henry, or angelic beings totally unlike Henry.  This is a boxed set of two laugh out loud books - Horrid...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2007

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Horrid Henry Rules The World
Francesca Simon
Ten favourite Horrid Henry stories have been enriched by new colour illustrations by Tony Ross. As ever, Horrid Henry subverts every possible occasion – with hilarious results for everyone except, of course, Perfect Pete.
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2007

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Hat Trick Of Horrid Henry
Francesca Simon
The awful exploits of the ever-terrible Henry never fail to delight. Three books are bound up as one to give twelve hair raising stories including how Henry builds himself a time machine, how he wrecks the school play and how...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 07/06/2007

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Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book
Francesca Simon
A must-have for all Horrid Henry fans. Horrid Henry’s jokes are irresistibly awful, reflecting all of his terrible characteristics.
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2007

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Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker
Francesca Simon
Four Christmas stories about the mayhem everyone’s favourite bad boy causes at Christmas. In the count down to Christmas, Horrid Henry deals with the Christmas play, with presents, sets out to ambush Father Christmas and deals with Christmas lunch itself....
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/10/2006

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Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies
Francesca Simon
Feast on Horrid Henry and his terrible exploits in this roll-up of ten of the best stories about the boy who’s nastiness knows no bounds. Here, Henry pits his wits against his familiar enemies - Moody Margaret, Sour Susan and,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/09/2006

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Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
Francesca Simon
A World Cup Selection. A new collection of stories about Horrid Henry and his little brother, Perfect Pete. Henry is as determined as ever to get his own way and will stop at nothing to achieve his ends. Above...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 04/05/2006

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A Giant Slice of Horrid Henry
Francesca Simon
5-7 years. Horrid Henry is the ultimate irresistible bad boy! His mean ways are completely alluring as he sums up the desperate wanting in all readers. So much so that no one will waste much sympathy on his goody-goody brother...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2006

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Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways
Francesca Simon
Eleven of the top Horrid Henry stories gathered together in this bumper edition with an invaluable Horrid Henry fact file to boot. The perfect anti-hero, Horrid Henry would be bad enough on his own but everything he does looks worse...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2005

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Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book
Francesca Simon
In each of the ten hilarious stories in this collection, Horrid Henry is up to no good. He frightens the daylights out of the new teacher, causes chaos on a school trip and he nearly drowns everyone in the swimming...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2005

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