Horrid Henry

Template:Short description Template:About {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} Template:Italic title Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox media franchise Horrid Henry is a children's book series by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Anthony Ross. It has been adapted for television, film<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and theatre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BooksEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>Template:Cite news</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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HenryLivePDF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="What Makes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="20 Things">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="FactsPDF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="HenryPDF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Exclusive Chat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Real Inspiration">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Each title in the main series consists of four short stories with black and white illustrations. The titles in the Early Readers series, aimed at younger readers, each consist of a single story with colour illustrations. Each story in that series, except Don't Be Horrid, Henry!, was originally published in a main series title. Don't Be Horrid, Henry! is an original story about Henry as a toddler. Eleven fact books, written from Henry's point of view, have also been published along with eight joke books, eleven colour books and at least twelve activity books as well as a series of annuals.

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Main seriesEdit

Pre-2019 title	Year of first publication	Current title	Notes
Horrid Henry	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry	Series premiere and originally intended to be a single-book
Horrid Henry and the Secret Club	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Secret Club
Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Tricking the Tooth Fairy	Originally published as Horrid Henry and the Tooth Fairy
Horrid Henry's Nits	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Nits Nits Nits!	Also published internationally as Horrid Henry's Head Lice
Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Get Rich Quick	Originally published as Horrid Henry Strikes It Rich
Horrid Henry's Haunted House	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Haunted House
Horrid Henry and The Mummy's Curse	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse
Horrid Henry's Revenge	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Perfect Revenge
Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bogey Babysitter
Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Stinkbombs
Horrid Henry's Underpants	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Underpants Panic
Horrid Henry Meets The Queen	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Queen's Visit
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Mega-Mean Time Machine
Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Football Fiend	Published internationally as Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend
Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Abominable Snowman
Horrid Henry Robs The Bank	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bank Robber
Horrid Henry Wakes The Dead	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Waking the Dead
Horrid Henry Rocks!	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Rock Star
Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Zombie Vampire
Horrid Henry's Monster Movie	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Monster Movie
Horrid Henry's Nightmare	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Nightmare
Horrid Henry's Krazy Ketchup	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Krazy Ketchup
Horrid Henry's Cannibal Curse	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Cannibal Curse
N/A	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Up, Up and Away!

Extra BookEdit

Horrid Henry's Bedtime (2005; published for World Book Day)

Early ReadersEdit

Title	Year of first publication	Story originally published in	Notes
Don't Be Horrid, Henry!	Template:Sort	N/A (original story)	Originally illustrated by Kevin McAleenan. Current illustrations by Tony Ross adopted in 2006.
Horrid Henry's Birthday Party	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Secret Club
Horrid Henry's Holiday	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry (first book)
Horrid Henry's Underpants	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Underpants Panic
Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Get Rich Quick
Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Football Fiend
Horrid Henry's Nits	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Nits!, Nits!, Nits!
Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry (first book)
Horrid Henry's Thank You Letter	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Underpants Panic
Horrid Henry Reads a Book	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Stinkbombs
Horrid Henry's Car Journey	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bogey Babysitter
Moody Margaret's School	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bank Robber
Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bogey Babysitter
Horrid Henry's Christmas Play	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker
Horrid Henry's Rainy Day	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Abominable Snowman
Horrid Henry Meets the Queen	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Queen's Visit
Horrid Henry's Sports Day	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Get Rich Quick
Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker
Moody Margaret's Makeover	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Abominable Snowman
Horrid Henry and the Demon Dinner Lady	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Perfect Revenge
Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Tricking the Tooth Fairy
Horrid Henry's Homework	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse
Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bogey Babysitter
Horrid Henry's Sleepover	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Stinkbombs
Horrid Henry's Wedding	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Tricking the Tooth Fairy
Horrid Henry's Haunted House	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Haunted House
Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker
Horrid Henry's Mother's Day	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Nightmare
Horrid Henry and the Comfy Black Chair	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Haunted House
Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Abominable Snowman
Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Mega-Mean Time Machine
Horrid Henry and the Fangmangler	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Nits, Nits, Nits
Horrid Henry's Christmas Ambush	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker
Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Stinkbombs
Horrid Henry's Swimming Lesson	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse
Horrid Henry's Christmas	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Get Rich Quick
Horrid Henry's School Fair	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: The Haunted House
Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Zombie Vampire
Horrid Henry's Hike	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Mega-Mean Time Machine
Horrid Henry's Injection	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Secret Club
Horrid Henry's Nightmare	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Nightmare
Horrid Henry's Newspaper	Template:Sort	Horrid Henry: Bank Robber

Fact booksEdit

Title	Year of first publication
Horrid Henry's Bodies	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Dinosaurs	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Sports	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Food	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Bugs	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Kings and Queens	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's World Records	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Animals	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Ghosts	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Space	Template:Sort
Horrid Henry's Crazy Creatures	Template:Sort

Joke booksEdit

Horrid Henry's Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Mighty Joke Book
Horrid Henry's versus Moody Margaret
Horrid Henry's Hilariously Horrid Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Purple Hand Gang Joke Book
Horrid Henry's All Time Favourite Joke Book
Horrid Henry's Jumbo Joke Book

Colour booksEdit

Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book
Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways
Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies
Horrid Henry Rules the World
Horrid Henry's House of Horrors
Horrid Henry's Dreadful Deeds
Horrid Henry Shows Who's Boss
Horrid Henry's A-Z of Everything Horrid
Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
Horrid Henry's Royal Riot
Horrid Henry's Tricky Tricks

Activity booksEdit

Horrid Henry's Brainbusters
Horrid Henry's Headscratchers
Horrid Henry's Mindbenders
Horrid Henry's Colouring 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 Wicked Wordsearches
Horrid Henry's Mad Mazes
Horrid Henry's Crazy Crosswords

Television adaptationEdit

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Film adaptationEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} On 23 June 2010, Vertigo Films announced that a live action 3-D film of Horrid Henry was in production. The film's plot focuses on Henry and The Purple Hand Gang fighting to prevent the closure of their school by an evil private school Headmaster.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The film was released on 29 July 2011 in the United Kingdom and 11 January 2013 in Australia.

ReceptionEdit

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.