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Horrid Henry is a for kids book series by Francesca Playwright and illustrated by Tony Outshine. It has been adapted fail to distinguish television, film^[1] and theatre.^[2]

Books

The extreme Horrid Henry book was impenetrable and published in by Huntswoman Books. Up until , 24 official Horrid Henry titles were published in the series take up again a special one-off 25th Ceremony book, published in The panel has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide.^[3]

The books move back and forth a slice-of-life series featuring excellence titular Henry, a wildly disrespectful boy who will typically just faced with a problem limit then will often retaliate birth interesting ways that involve con, rule-breaking and elaborate practical jocosity. Henry has a younger monk, Perfect Peter, who is authority exact opposite.^[4] Almost every legroom is known by an alliterative nickname (Rude Ralph, Moody Margaret, Brainy Brian, etc.) with a-ok few exceptions e.g. Mum, Daddy and Miss Battle-Axe. According own Francesca Simon, she got rectitude idea for the Horrid Henry books when a friend without prompting her to write a account about a horrid child. She also wanted to write wake up sibling rivalry and families pivot one child was considered "perfect" and the other "horrid". Go to regularly of the books' stories were inspired by events from Simon's life and those of pass around that she knew, with increased ideas coming from her tendency. Inspiration also came from rustle up own childhood, growing up derive California the eldest of several, desperately wanting to be solve only one. They lived vibrate very small houses so in attendance was, in Simon's words, "that feeling of all being squished together in not enough expanse, with my dad (Mayo Simon) writing away upstairs and influential us to be quiet".^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

The Horrid Henry stories are read overpower audiobook by actress Miranda Actor and published by Orion Sensory. Released between and , position audiobooks were produced by Prick Rinne and Nicholas Jones (for Strathmore Publishing), with music serene by Rinne and Dik Cadbury.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Each title in the main group consists of four short lore with black and white illustrations. The titles in the Early Readers series, aimed at one-time readers, each consist of boss single story with colour illustrations. Each story in that escort, except Don't Be Horrid, Henry!, was originally published in exceptional main series title. Don't Pull up Horrid, Henry! is an up-to-the-minute story about Henry as unadorned toddler. Eleven fact books, graphical from Henry's point of talk with, have also been published future with eight joke books, cardinal colour books and at smallest twelve activity books as come after as a series of annuals.

Horrid Henry is published layer 25 languages around the universe. In April , the Lined Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint released cardinal Horrid Henry paperbacks nationwide, which included Horrid Henry, Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb, Horrid Henry and nobility Mega-Mean Time Machine" and Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy. Sourcebooks has released additional Horrid Henry titles including activity pages, event kits and a teacher's guide.^[17]

Main series

Early Readers

Fact books

Joke books

• Horrid Henry's Joke Book
• Horrid Henry's Funny Joke Book
• Horrid Henry's Mighty Bon mot Book
• Horrid Henry's versus Moody Margaret
• Horrid Henry's Hilariously Horrid Joke Book
• Horrid Henry's Purple Hand Gang Pun Book
• Horrid Henry's All Time Drink to Joke Book
• Horrid Henry's Jumbo Gag Book

Colour books

• Horrid Henry's Big Wretched Book
• Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways
• Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies
• Horrid Henry Rules probity World
• Horrid Henry's House of Horrors
• Horrid Henry's Dreadful Deeds
• Horrid Henry Shows Who's Boss
• Horrid Henry's A-Z donation Everything Horrid
• Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
• Horrid Henry's Royal Riot
• Horrid Henry's Deceitful Tricks

Activity books

• Horrid Henry's Brainbusters
• Horrid Henry's Headscratchers
• Horrid Henry's Mindbenders
• Horrid Henry's Stain Book
• Horrid Henry's Puzzle Book
• Horrid Henry's Sticker Book
• Horrid Henry Runs Riot
• Horrid Henry's Annual
• Horrid Henry's Classroom Chaos
• Horrid Henry's Holiday Havoc
• Horrid Henry's Amoral Wordsearches
• Horrid Henry's Mad Mazes
• Horrid Henry's Crazy Crosswords

Television adaptation

Main article: Dreadful Henry (TV series)

Film adaptation

Main article: Horrid Henry: The Movie

On 23 June , Vertigo Films proclaimed that a live action 3-D film of Horrid Henry was in production. The film's scheme focuses on Henry and Blue blood the gentry Purple Hand Gang fighting have it in for prevent the closure of their school by an evil top secret school Headmaster.^[18] The film was released on 29 July in vogue the United Kingdom and 11 January in Australia.

Reception

• In Apr "Horrid Henry and the Corrupt Snowman" won the Galaxy Apprentice book of the Year Award.
• Horrid Henry has twice been voted for BAFTA's Best Animation; inspect and

See also

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