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|title=Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
|sort=Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
|author=Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=A bind of four favourite ''Horrid Henry'' stories - only this time the pictures are in full colour. A great present for the emerging reader.
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|paperback=
|hardback=1408809052
|audiobook=
|ebook=
|pages=288
|publisher=Orion Children's Books
|date=November 2012
|isbn=978-1444006575
|website=http://www.horridhenry.co.uk/
|video=
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Recently I was talking to the teacher of a class of seven-year-olds about books. It was, she said, very easy to find books for girls, but much more of a challenge to find something suitable for the boys. And by 'something suitable' she meant the sort of books which boys like to read, something 'edgy' which appealed to their inner racal. The early reading stage is important for all children, but it's the boys who are most likely to be 'lost' at this stage if the books they see don't feel relevant to their lives. So what does appeal? Well, [[The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon|Tom Gates]] always goes down well and so does Horrid Henry.
Do I need to introduce you to Henry? No, I thought not. Even if you don't ''know'' him you'll know ''of'' him. He's a healthy, lively, fun-loving menace whose heart is (roughly) in the right place and who has his priorities well sorted (himself). He's a trouble magnet, with long-suffering parents and a brother who is absolutely perfect. Yes - that's right - you know exactly who I mean. Adults find him endearing at a distance and his readers ''adore'' him.
You've probably met at least one of his [[Horrid Henry Rocks by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross|early readers]] before. The format is simple: a ''decent'' story in just over a hundred pages nicely broken up into sensible chapters which give a real feeling of having achieved something when you're an emerging reader. The vocabulary is challenging (as it should be) but not ''too'' difficult and there are pictures on every page which give clues as to what's going on. There's a real sense of achievement when a book's finished and they're great fun too.
''Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four'' has all this and more. There are (as you might have guessed) four early reader stories in the book: ''Horrid Henry's Birthday Party'', ''Horrid Henry's Underpants'' (please try and be strong), ''Horrid Henry's Nits'' and ''Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend''. It's all great stuff to strike (mock) terror at the heart of any grown up and boys are going to love them. The illustrations (and I haven't found a double page without at least one) are in full colour and have Tony Ross' trademark sense of fun. It's a ''real'' book - big with hard covers - and just the thing to make young boys think that this reading lark might be a better idea than they first thought.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
For an introduction to non-fiction for the emerging reader we can recommend [[A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross|A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies]] by the same partnership.
{{amazontext|amazon=1408809052}} {{waterstonestext|waterstones=9216997}}
{{commenthead}}
[[Category:Francesca Simon]]
[[Category:Tony Ross]]
|title=Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
|sort=Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
|author=Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=A bind of four favourite ''Horrid Henry'' stories - only this time the pictures are in full colour. A great present for the emerging reader.
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|paperback=
|hardback=1408809052
|audiobook=
|ebook=
|pages=288
|publisher=Orion Children's Books
|date=November 2012
|isbn=978-1444006575
|website=http://www.horridhenry.co.uk/
|video=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408809052</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1408809052</amazonus>
}}
Recently I was talking to the teacher of a class of seven-year-olds about books. It was, she said, very easy to find books for girls, but much more of a challenge to find something suitable for the boys. And by 'something suitable' she meant the sort of books which boys like to read, something 'edgy' which appealed to their inner racal. The early reading stage is important for all children, but it's the boys who are most likely to be 'lost' at this stage if the books they see don't feel relevant to their lives. So what does appeal? Well, [[The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon|Tom Gates]] always goes down well and so does Horrid Henry.
Do I need to introduce you to Henry? No, I thought not. Even if you don't ''know'' him you'll know ''of'' him. He's a healthy, lively, fun-loving menace whose heart is (roughly) in the right place and who has his priorities well sorted (himself). He's a trouble magnet, with long-suffering parents and a brother who is absolutely perfect. Yes - that's right - you know exactly who I mean. Adults find him endearing at a distance and his readers ''adore'' him.
You've probably met at least one of his [[Horrid Henry Rocks by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross|early readers]] before. The format is simple: a ''decent'' story in just over a hundred pages nicely broken up into sensible chapters which give a real feeling of having achieved something when you're an emerging reader. The vocabulary is challenging (as it should be) but not ''too'' difficult and there are pictures on every page which give clues as to what's going on. There's a real sense of achievement when a book's finished and they're great fun too.
''Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four'' has all this and more. There are (as you might have guessed) four early reader stories in the book: ''Horrid Henry's Birthday Party'', ''Horrid Henry's Underpants'' (please try and be strong), ''Horrid Henry's Nits'' and ''Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend''. It's all great stuff to strike (mock) terror at the heart of any grown up and boys are going to love them. The illustrations (and I haven't found a double page without at least one) are in full colour and have Tony Ross' trademark sense of fun. It's a ''real'' book - big with hard covers - and just the thing to make young boys think that this reading lark might be a better idea than they first thought.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
For an introduction to non-fiction for the emerging reader we can recommend [[A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross|A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies]] by the same partnership.
{{amazontext|amazon=1408809052}} {{waterstonestext|waterstones=9216997}}
{{commenthead}}
[[Category:Francesca Simon]]
[[Category:Tony Ross]]
