Horrid Henrys Cannibal Curse, Francesca Simon
Horrid Henrys Cannibal Curse, Francesca Simon
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Horrid Henry's Cannibal Curse
Book 24

Author: Francesca Simon

Narrator: Miranda Richardson

Unabridged: 1 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/16/2015

Synopsis

The final collection of four brand new utterly horrid stories in which Horrid Henry triumphantly reveals his guide to perfect parents, reads an interesting book about a really naughty boy, and conjures up the cannibal's curse to deal with his enemies and small, annoying brother.

Horrid Henry is illustrated by Tony Ross, who also illustrates David Walliams' children's books, as well as his own picture books.

Read by Miranda Richardson

(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

About Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon MBE spent her childhood on the beach in California and started writing stories at the age of eight. She wrote her first Horrid Henry book in 1994. Horrid Henry has gone on to conquer the globe; his adventures are published in 27 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Francesca has won the Children's Book of the Year Award and been a judge for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. In 2009, in one of the proudest moments of her career, Francesca was awarded a Gold Blue Peter badge. She was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours. Francesca is also a passionate ambassador for children's literacy and is a trustee of the World Book Day charity. She lives in North London with her family.Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. You can also follow her on Twitter @simon_francesca

About Tony Ross

Tony Ross was born in London and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. He has worked as a cartoonist, a graphic designer, as the Art Director of an advertising agency, and as Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic. Tony is one of the most popular and successful children's illustrators of all time, best known for illustrating Horrid Henry and the works of David Walliams. Tony's books have been translated into 40 languages in over 100 countries. He lives in Macclesfield.

About Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson has appeared in films such as THE HOURS, SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE CRYING GAME, EMPIRE OF THE SUN and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. TV work includes A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, JACKANORY, Queen Elizabeth in BLACKADDER and Queen Mary in THE LOST PRINCE. She has won two Spoken Word awards for her inspired readings of HORRID HENRY AND THE SECRET CLUB and HORRID HENRY'S STINKBOMB audiobooks for Orion.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May

Eh. Never got the Horrid Henry thing when I was a kid myself and my son wasn't overly impressed either. There are three stories in this one and the first is the only one we found slightly good. Basically, Henry and Margaret each try to play horrible tricks on one another to win a bake-off and ruin t......more

Goodreads review by Zara

Horrid Henry was very horrid to his little brother Peter. I really enjoyed, it was very exciting. I love this whole series !......more

Goodreads review by John

Another 4 Horrid Henry stories. There is a different type of story amongst them. I would hope that any child reading it wouldn't take it seriously. It did seem out of place. The other stories had Henry being himself. It is easy to tell that he acts up as his parents only ever threaten him or punish h......more

Goodreads review by katie woods

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Goodreads review by Anu

Loved the Horrid Henry series book with four stories which make you ache with laughter.......more

Quotes

In the final story, Henry's favourite Evil Evie books are taken away because his parents fear their influence. But Henry is who he is anyway. And, as we always suspected, Henry is just like most children. Not really, in fact, horrid. The Sunday Times Ireland

Praise for the series: These books are hilarious Yorkshire Reporter

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