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Line 1: {{Short description|Book series by Francesca Simon beginning in 1994}}{{About|the children's book series|the first book in the series|Horrid Henry (book)|the children's television series|Horrid Henry (TV series)}} {{Cleanup rewrite|date=July 2024}} {{italic title}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}} Line 10 ⟶ 11: | owner = {{Plainlist| * [[Orion Publishing Group]] (publishing) * }} | books = Line 17 ⟶ 18: | comics = | magazines = | films = ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]'' | shorts = | tv = ''[[Horrid Henry (TV series)|Horrid Henry]]'' | atv = | tv_specials = Line 42 ⟶ 43: | alt = }} '''''Horrid Henry''''' is a [[children's book]] series by [[Francesca Simon]] and illustrated by [[Tony Ross]]. It has been adapted [[Horrid Henry (TV series)|for television]], film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/business/news/9086063.horrid-henry-becomes-movie-star/|title=Horrid Henry becomes a movie star|website=Oxford Mail|date=15 June 2011 |language=en|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> and theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2008/godber-to-bring-horrid-henry-to-the-stage/|title=Godber to bring Horrid Henry to the stage {{!}} News|last=Hemley|first=Matthew|date=6 June 2008|website=The Stage|language=en-US|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> ==Books== The first ''Horrid Henry'' book was written and published in 1994 by [[Orion Books]]. Up until 2015, 24 official ''Horrid Henry'' titles were published in the series with a special one-off 25th Anniversary book, published in 2019. The series has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-horrid-henry-mark-series-25th-anniversary-2019-890821|title = New Horrid Henry book to mark series' 25th anniversary in 2019 | the Bookseller}}</ref> The books are a [[slice-of-life]] series featuring the titular Henry, a wildly misbehaved boy who will typically be faced with a problem and then will often retaliate in interesting ways that involve trickery, rule-breaking and elaborate practical jokes. Henry has a younger brother, Perfect Peter, who is the exact opposite.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b1554f74-520c-11e9-9c76-bf4a0ce37d49 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/b1554f74-520c-11e9-9c76-bf4a0ce37d49 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Become an FT subscriber to read | Financial Times|newspaper=Financial Times |date=5 April 2019 }}</ref> Almost every character is known by an alliterative nickname (Rude Ralph, Moody Margaret, Brainy Brian, etc.) with a few exceptions e.g. Mum, Dad and Miss Battle-Axe. According to Francesca Simon, she got the idea for the ''Horrid Henry'' books when a friend asked her to write a story about a horrid child. She also wanted to write about sibling rivalry and families where one child was considered "perfect" and the other "horrid". Many of the books' stories were inspired by events from Simon's life and those of people that she knew, with additional ideas coming from her imagination. Inspiration also came from her own childhood, growing up in [[California]] the eldest of four, desperately wanting to be an only one. They lived in very small houses so there was, in Simon's words, "that feeling of all being squished together in not enough space, with my dad ([[Mayo Simon]]) writing away upstairs and telling us to be quiet".<ref name="Q&A">{{cite web|title=Here are the answers to some of your questions...|url=http://www.horridhenry.co.uk/FAQ.htm|publisher=Hatchette UK|access-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015195254/http://www.horridhenry.co.uk/FAQ.htm|archive-date=15 October 2004}}</ref><ref name="HenryLivePDF">{{Cite web|title=Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid! - Teachers' Resource Pack|url=http://www.francescasimon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Horrid-Henry-Live-and-Horrid-Teaching-Pack-Watershed-Productions.pdf|quote=The idea for Horrid Henry came about when an illustrator friend of Francesca Simon's asked her to write a book about a naughty child, as she was fed up of drawing angelic children! As the eldest of four children, Simon also wanted to write about the relationships between brothers and sisters, and so she created Perfect Peter. Although she says she adores Peter, Simon admits that Henry is most people's favourite; he is the "imp inside everyone" and of course it's "sometimes great to let that imp out"!|access-date=2024-08-27|language=en|year=2008}}</ref><ref name="What Makes">{{cite web|title=Francesca Simon interview: what makes Henry so horrid?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7544620/Francesca-Simon-interview-what-makes-Henry-so-horrid.html|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426194039/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7544620/Francesca-Simon-interview-what-makes-Henry-so-horrid.html|archive-date=26 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="20 Things">{{cite web|title=20 things you never knew about Horrid Henry|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10858455/20-things-you-never-knew-about-Horrid-Henry.html|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240715073517/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10858455/20-things-you-never-knew-about-Horrid-Henry.html|archive-date=15 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="FactsPDF">{{Cite web|title=Horrid Henry: The Facts Behind the Fiction|url=http://www.francescasimon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Horrid-Henry-The-Facts-Behind-the-Fiction.pdf|access-date=2024-09-02|language=en|year=2013}}</ref><ref name="HenryPDF">{{Cite web|title=Here are the answers to some of your questions...|url=http://www.francescasimon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Francescas-FAQs.pdf|quote=I get my ideas from things that happen to me, or to people I know, or from my imagination. I think of ordinary situations, like birthday parties or getting nits, and then add a "horrid" twist. So if my son, Josh, has to have an injection, I think of how Henry would behave.|access-date=2024-09-02|language=en|year=2013}}</ref><ref name="Exclusive Chat">{{cite web|title=Exclusive chat with Horrid Henry's 'mum' Francesca Simon on her inspiration behind the naughtiest boy in literature|url=https://londonmumsmagazine.com/shopping-guides/books-tested-recommended/exclusive-chat-horrid-henrys-mum-francesca-simon-inspiration-behind-naughtiest-boy-literature/|publisher=London Mums Magazine|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Real Inspiration">{{cite web|title=Author Francesca Simon reveals the real inspiration behind Horrid Henry|url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/horrid-henry-author-francesca-simon/|publisher=Jewish News|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
The ''Horrid Henry'' stories are read on audiobook by actress [[Miranda Richardson]] and published by Orion Audio. Released between 2000 and 2019, the audiobooks were produced by Peter Rinne and Nicholas Jones (for Strathmore Publishing), with music composed by Rinne and Dik Cadbury.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Horrid Henry Audio Books|url=http://www.horridhenry.co.uk/audio-books.asp|publisher=Hatchette UK|access-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160228023506/http://www.horridhenry.co.uk/audio-books.asp|archive-date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Audiobooks|url=https://www.francescasimon.com/horrid-henry-books/audiobooks/|publisher=Francesca Simon|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Francesca Simon HORRID HENRY'S NITS Children's Audiobook CD Miranda Richardson|url=https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374815746908|publisher=Ebay|access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14521141-Francesca-Simon-Read-By-Miranda-Richardson-Horrid-Henry-Meets-The-Queen|title=Francesca Simon Read By Miranda Richardson – Horrid Henry Meets The Queen (2004, CD)|date=2004|publisher=Discogs|access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>
Each title in the main series consists of four short stories with black and white illustrations. The titles ''Horrid Henry'' is published in 25 languages around the world. In April 2009, the US Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint released four ''Horrid Henry'' paperbacks nationwide, which included ''Horrid Henry'', ''Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb'', ''Horrid Henry and the 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Horrid Henry |url=http://www.sourcebooks.com/spotlight/horrid-henry-books.html |website=Sourcebooks |language=en}}</ref> Line 64 ⟶ 65: ! scope="row" | ''[[Horrid Henry (book)|Horrid Henry]]'' | {{sort|1994|1994}} | ''Horrid Henry'' | Series premiere and originally intended to be a single-book |- ! scope="row" | ''Horrid Henry and the Secret Club'' | {{sort|1995|1995}} | ''Horrid Henry: Secret Club'' | |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy]]'' | {{sort|1996|1996}} | ''Horrid Henry: Tricking the Tooth Fairy'' | Originally published as ''Horrid Henry and the Tooth Fairy'' |- ! scope="row" | ''Horrid Henry's Nits'' | {{sort|1997|1997}} | ''Horrid Henry: Nits Nits Nits!'' | Also published internationally as ''Horrid Henry's Head Lice'' |- Line 91 ⟶ 93: | |- ! scope="row" | ''Horrid Henry and The Mummy's Curse'' | {{sort|2000|2000}} | ''Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse'' | |- Line 376 ⟶ 378: ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year of first publication |-
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| {{sort|2014|2014}} |- Line 393 ⟶ 413: |- |} ▲* Horrid Henry's Bodies ▲* Horrid Henry's Ghosts ▲* Horrid Henry's Dinosaurs ▲* Horrid Henry's Sports ▲* Horrid Henry's Food ▲* Horrid Henry's World Records ===Joke books=== Line 448 ⟶ 462: * In April 2008 "Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman" won the Galaxy Children's book of the Year Award. * ''Horrid Henry'' has twice been nominated for BAFTA's Best Animation; in 2009 and 2010.
==See also== Line 461 ⟶ 474: * [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/francesca-simon-books-interview Robert McCrum interview in the Guardian] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pnczy Q&A with Francesca Simon] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20230426194039/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7544620/Francesca-Simon-interview-what-makes-Henry-so-horrid.html Telegraph interview with Francesca Simon] * [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/22056/horrid-henry-live-and-horrid The Stage review.Horrid Henry Live and Horrid] Line 478 ⟶ 491: [[Category:Book series introduced in 1994]] [[Category:Child characters in literature]]
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