Francesca Supports BookTrust's Pyjamarama Campaign on 7th June

Francesca Simon and the illustrator of her Horrid Henry series, Tony Ross, have announced their support for children’s reading charity BookTrust’s Pyjamarama campaign.

BookTrust’s Pyjamarama fundraising campaign aims to get children across the country in their pyjamas to raise funds for the reading charity.

BookTrust want children across the nation to ditch their normal clothes and rock their pyjamas for the day and have enlisted the help of some of the nation’s best loved book characters including Matilda, Horrid Henry, Tracy Beaker and Ben and Holly. On Friday 7 June, everyone is encouraged to put on their PJs and donate £1 to BookTrust so that no child misses out on the magic of the bedtime story. To sign up for your free Pyjamarama fundraising pack visit booktrust.org.uk/Pyjamarama.

All monies raised will go towards funding BookTrust’s work in supporting more families.

For further information, and details of how to get involved, please visit BookTrust.

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"