Horrid Henry is a horrid boy who has been continuously horrid since he first appeared in Francesca Simon’s first Horrid Henry book in 1994. Henry remained horrid in a further 19 books, an animated TV ...

The one golden rule of writing fiction is that your main character should be likeable. So how is it that Francesca Simon, author of our August book choice, has managed to sell 16 million books ...

Picture book character Horrid Henry is appearing on two million branded Marmite jars with individual "Horrid" and "Perfect" labels, based on Tony Ross' illustrations of Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter, ...

It's one of the most successful books series in Britain, a close runner to the phenomenally successful Harry Potter. And it's aiming to be just as big at the box office. Playing the title role in ...

Which brings us to another film adapted from children’s literature: Horrid Henry: The Movie 3D, based on Francesca Simon’s series of books about a mischievous, self-centred young hero. Her stories ...

Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas has banned his three-year-old son from watching Horrid Henry because he says Teddy has "literally turned into" the fictional character. Henry is a naughty prankster who ...

I must admit to never having read American author Francesca Simon’s very British-flavoured ‘Horrid Henry’ series, but I did recently flick through a book or two, and can see several reasons why ...