Radio 2 broadcaster Zoe Ball launched the BBC’s 500 Words competition at a special outside broadcast event in Liverpool on 16th January along with judges Francesca Simon, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Charlie Higson. The children’s short story writing competition is an annual event. If you’d like to find out more, pick up tips and read all of […]
Read more »Francesca has done several media interviews in support of children’s reading charity BookTrust’s Pyjamarama campaign. Children and adults alike were challenged to wear their nightwear to school or to work and to pay BookTrust £1 for doing so. This new nationwide fundraising campaign sought to remind families of the fun of bedtime stories, and help […]
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In April Francesca Simon visited the Bologna Book Fair to celebrate the publication of her 100th Horrid Henry story, and to meet with her international publishers. Here she is at the fair in front of her publisher Hachette’s stand.
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Following the publication of Francesca Simon’s new picture book, The Goat Café, by Faber, she has made a donation to the charity Shivia. Shivia supports families in West Bengal. Her donation will help four families to become goat farmers. She has also chosen to donate all of her future royalties from the sale of The […]
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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.
Read more »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.
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Read more »Francesca Simon’s Horrid Henry series continues to be very popular in libraries. With 19,785 loans of her books during the calendar year which ended 16th February 2019, Francesca is the 4th most loaned author. The top 5 most borrowed authors are: Julia Donaldson with 46,033 loans James Patterson with 40,164 loans David Walliams with 20,062 […]
Read more »Did you know Horrid Henry has a website all of his own? It has all the books and lots of fun things to see and do…
