Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 5+

Published by Orion Children's Books, 2011

Funny
Picture books

About this book

The ever-popular Horrid Henry scores another winner of a story. Henry has a chance to get his hands on FA Cup tickets, if he can be declared man of the match in a class football game. The stakes are high and the tension even higher. How far will Henry go to get the tickets to the match of the century?

Tony Ross’ great illustrations bring the characters and the drama of the match to life. This is a lot of fun to read together, too, with plenty of sound effects, chants and cheers to join in with. The surprise ending is sure to get you talking…

Lots for football fans and their families to recognise and enjoy!

About the author

Francesca Simon was born in St Louis, Missouri, grew up in California, and went on to study Old and Middle English at Oxford and Medieval Studies at Yale. Following this, Francesca decided to work as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). When 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 16 million copies. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.

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