Monthly Archives: April 2019

The Monstrous Child Opera – Showcase

If you’re a fan of Francesca’s novel The Monstrous Child, and are intrigued at what it looked like transformed into an opera performed at the Royal Opera House in spring 2019 here’s your chance to glimpse at the production. Enjoy this clip.

Francesca meets the goats at Mudchute

Here is a fabulous photo and a video of Francesca meeting the goats at Mudchute Park and City Farm in their very own Goat Café. She even took along a copy of her brand new picture book The Goat Café to read to the animals.

Photos and news from Francesca’s Horrid Henry Tour

Francesca spent 11 days touring across the country celebrating 25 years of Horrid Henry and marking publication of her new book Horrid Henry Up, Up and Away. She made stops in Manchester, Stockport, Oswestry, Birmingham, Coventry, Surrey and London, to name but a few. Over those 11 days, she met over 3,000 Horrid Henry fans. […]

Francesca Simon and Tony Ross celebrate 25 years of Horrid Henry!

After the Horrid Henry 25 Tour ended, Francesca Simon and Tony Ross celebrated the success of their series at a big party held by their publisher Hachette Children’s Books. The festivities took place at Waterstones Piccadilly in London. Guests at the party were given alliterative name badges to wear to turn them into a Horrid […]

Fabulous Francesca Facts

"Families are great sources of comedy because they are about people trapped together. Only the parents chose to be there and the rest of you are stuck with these people that you might not necessarily like"

"Nobody feels emotions like children and with Henry, the war is constant and total. Anyone who has lived in a family has these shared experiences - the car journey from hell, nits or vomiting"

"I’ve never met a child who doesn’t love hearing stories. It’s a good way of introducing them to books and it’s a great way of getting them to understand stories that they might not be able to read themselves"

"We all love stories, it all helps making sense of the world"

"Horrid Henry speaks to the impish, rebellious child in all of us"

"My first book was called Papa Forgot and was published in 1993"

"I’ve written over fifty books"

"My birthday is 23rd February"

"I’m a bit scared of the dark"

"My hobbies are reading, cooking and going to the theatre"

"My favourite author is Anthony Trollope"

"My most disliked food is beetroot"

"My favourite colour is aquamarine"

"My favourite food is scallops"