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Fine fare for beginning readers, this clever book should find a ready audience. (Booklist 20090607)
The angle here is spot-on, and reluctant readers will especially find lots to love about this early chapter book series. Treat young readers to a book talk or read-aloud and watch Henry go flying off the shelf. (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 20090527)
"a loveable bad boy" (People 20091213)
"The writing is very clever, the humor will have you laughing your pants off, and I firmly believe these books are so popular because there's a little Horrid Henry in each of us... Ross's illustrations bring Horrid Henry's mischievous side to life with his devilish looks and slanted eyebrows." (Examiner.com 20091206)
"Humor is a proven enticement for reluctant readers, and Francesca Simon's 'Horrid Henry' series locates the funny bone with ease" (Newsday 20091201)
"Kids who love funny books will love the 'Horrid Henry' series by Francesca Simon... Simon's hilariously dead-pan text is wonderfully complemented by Tony Ross's illustrations, which comically capture the consequences of Henry's horridness." (Children's Corner, Scripps Howard News Service 20100319)
Unbelievable. Laugh-out-loud hilarious. Francesca Simon is my sons' new favorite writer of all time. She's as cheeky as Roald Dahl and as hilarious as Dav Pilkey and the titular Horrid Henry may be the worst child you've read about in a long time. But that doesn't mean his stories aren't utterly fabulous...A must-read. (Patch.com )
Audiobooks: "[Horrid] Henry is the exemplar by which other boys can measure their own horridness...Miranda Richardson plays Henry just right, neatly balancing peevishness, effrontery and sheer life force." (Kirkus )
The angle here is spot-on, and reluctant readers will especially find lots to love about this early chapter book series. Treat young readers to a book talk or read-aloud and watch Henry go flying off the shelf. (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 20090527)
"a loveable bad boy" (People 20091213)
"The writing is very clever, the humor will have you laughing your pants off, and I firmly believe these books are so popular because there's a little Horrid Henry in each of us... Ross's illustrations bring Horrid Henry's mischievous side to life with his devilish looks and slanted eyebrows." (Examiner.com 20091206)
"Humor is a proven enticement for reluctant readers, and Francesca Simon's 'Horrid Henry' series locates the funny bone with ease" (Newsday 20091201)
"Kids who love funny books will love the 'Horrid Henry' series by Francesca Simon... Simon's hilariously dead-pan text is wonderfully complemented by Tony Ross's illustrations, which comically capture the consequences of Henry's horridness." (Children's Corner, Scripps Howard News Service 20100319)
Unbelievable. Laugh-out-loud hilarious. Francesca Simon is my sons' new favorite writer of all time. She's as cheeky as Roald Dahl and as hilarious as Dav Pilkey and the titular Horrid Henry may be the worst child you've read about in a long time. But that doesn't mean his stories aren't utterly fabulous...A must-read. (Patch.com )
Audiobooks: "[Horrid] Henry is the exemplar by which other boys can measure their own horridness...Miranda Richardson plays Henry just right, neatly balancing peevishness, effrontery and sheer life force." (Kirkus )
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Horrid Henry and his neighbor Moody Margaret decide to make the most sloppy, slimy, sludgy, sticky, smelly, gooey, gluey, gummy, greasy, gloppy glop possible. Is it the best glop in the world or the worst thing that's ever happened to them? Plus three other stories so funny we can't even mention them here. DISCOVER THE SERIES BOYS AND GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD LOVE TO READ! Francesca Simon is one of the world's best-loved children's authors. She is the only American to have ever won the Galaxy Book Award, and her creation, Horrid Henry, is the #1 bestselling chapter book series in the UK - with a hit TV show and over fifteen million copies sold! Each book contains four easy-to-read stories and hilarious illustrations by the one and only Tony Ross, so even the most reluctant of readers won't be able to resist Henry's amazing talent for trouble!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Just as Good as Everybody Says!,
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This review is from: Horrid Henry (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: I thought ds should be able to read this as his reader and I had read good reviews of how funny they were.First, we must get one thing straight. Henry is a horrid little boy. He is naughty, likes to cause trouble, is contrary on purpose, likes to make his perfect brother miserable and is never happy unless he gets his own way. Each book contains four short stories and in no way whatsoever does Henry ever learn a lesson, have things turn out bad for him or say he's sorry at the end. No, Henry may have things go not quite the way he planned at the beginning but they only turn out better than he had planned and in the end he gets what he wanted or even better. Henry is no role model, nor can we learn a life lesson from him BUT he is absolutely hilarious, laugh out loud funny. My son wants to read more books in the series and even if he didn't, I would read them on my own and I am way out of the 7 to 10 recommended age group! This is the first book written and so the first story simply introduces us to horrid Henry and his brother perfect Peter. Henry decides to try being perfect for a day to see what it is like and while he finds it irritating at times, he so confuses his parents and annoys his brother that Peter gets into trouble for a change and Henry can't stop laughing and ends up in his room as usual. Next Henry causes a ruckus at dance class; he'd rather go to karate lessons. Practicing to be a raindrop for Henry is more fun when he does his elephant dance and one thing leads to another until he's finally kicked out of dance class. Hopefully karate classes will now fill in the free time on Saturdays. Then Henry gets together with his neighbour Moody Margaret and the two of them end up in the kitchen making a disgusting, gloopy, gummy, greasy mess called Glop, which they've dared each other to eat. Finally, we end with a camping trip, but Henry's idea of a campground and that of his parent's vary from each other considerably. He wants to go where Moody Margaret's family goes: they have electricity, a pool, TVs, a fridge, a shower and more. Mom and Dad want to go back to nature. Let's just say that when Harry is finished with them, Mom and Dad may never want to be left alone with nature again! Hilarious! Ds did a good job of reading the book, too! It was just a tad over his ability but he enjoyed the stories so much he just kept on going!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Warning to parents and educators [Contains spoilers],
By Douglas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Horrid Henry (Paperback)
I don't know which book a lot of these other reviewers have been reading, but Horrid Henry is a collection of four reasons why it's good to be bad.1. In the first story, Henry decides to try being good, essentially out of curiosity. His (usually) good little brother gets so fed up on Henry's odd behaviour that he starts acting out. The brother (Peter) throws spaghetti at Henry, who dodges; the spaghetti lands on mom. Henry laughs, and is punished. Not punished for being naughty, mind you - punished for being good all day and then laughing when something relatively minor happens to his mother. Naughty: no. Consequences: yes. 2. In the second story, Henry is forced to go to dance lessons, which he hates. He'd rather be learning martial arts. He decides to do do his utmost to ruin the big dance recital for everyone involved. He succeeds in doing so, and is no longer forced to go to dance lessons. The story ends with an affirmation of his enrollment in Karate class, and a picture of him destroying a building-block castle. Naughty: yes. Consequences: no. 3. In the third story, Henry gets into a competition with his neighbour to see who can make the most disgusting concoction, and then consume it. While doing this, they leave Henry's brother tied up, alone, in the yard; when he comes in to ask after them, the implication is that they force or trick Peter into eating the disgusting concoction. The end. Naughty: yes. And potentially dangerous (leaving someone tied up, alone, in the back yard.) Consequences: no. 4. In the fourth story, the family goes camping. Henry whines and complains the whole time. He also tries to knock down tents, and blares loud music late at night to the chagrin of other campers. When Mom, Dad and Peter go for a walk, Henry is tasked with gathering firewood - AND BUILDING THE FIRE HIMSELF. Highly dangerous! For firewood, he pulls out the pegs of the other campers' tents. Not surprisingly, all the tents fall down in the night. Naughty: yes. HIGHLY dangerous (asking a child to stay alone and build and tend a fire. Utterly ridiculous.) Consequences: no. This book in no way shows a connection between acting naughty and any sort of negative consequences. It glorifies such awful behaviour AND seems to suggest that certain potentially LIFE-THREATENINGLY DANGEROUS behaviours are acceptable and normal. If you read this book with your children or students, it is imperative that you have a good discussion about it with them afterwards. I, personally, will not give this to my children, and regret that my supervisors have chosen to develop content for it for our students. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious Henry!!,
A Kid's Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Horrid Henry (Paperback)
I am a 10 year old boy.This book is about a kid called Henry. He causes a lot of trouble. A lot of people hate him. My favorite part is Chapter 1 because it's hilarious! First they say he's horrible, but the chapter's title says he's "perfect." I think it's a full-star book. I recommend it because it has a sill and fantastic story. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Truly Horrid,
By MominTN - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Horrid Henry (Paperback)
I lived in London for many years and certainly "get" British humor but I don't get it on these pages. Nor do I see any consequences whatsoever for Henry's behavior. He ruins a dance recital for everyone by stomping about and acting "horrid" and the consequence is that he suspects he'll get kicked out of dance and get to go to karate class instead (which is what he wanted in the first place). I was so excited to find these books, I bought the first four. I just KNEW my 6 year old, who laughs at everything, would get a kick out of them. He did find some of Henry's antics amusing but he was literally stunned that his behavior wasn't dealt with. We forged ahead and read all of the first book and half of the second before my son finally announced "This guy is a real jerk." I have to agree with him. Horrid Henry's behavior really isn't that different from Dennis the Menace, Bart Simpson, Ramona, etc., but he lacks the heart and the growth to make him an endearing character and the lack of any kind of constructive adult guidance is disappointing.
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