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Horrid Henry is a children's book series by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. The first Horrid Henry book was written and published in 1994 by Orion Books and as of 2015, there have been twenty-four titles published, as well as many other collections, activity books and joke books. Novel Entertainment produced an animated television series for CITV. It is a slice-of-life series featuring the titular Henry, a self-centred, naughty prankster who has issues with authority who will typically be faced with a problem and then will often retaliate in interesting ways that involve trickery, rule-breaking and elaborate practical jokes. Henry has a brother, whom he bullies, called Perfect Peter, who is the exact opposite.
Contents
- Books
- Horrid Henry storybooks
- Early Readers
- Joke books
- Fact books
- Gift books
- TV series activity books
- Compilation books
- Television
- Radio
- Film
- Albums
- DVDs
- TapesCDs
- Video games
- Reception
- References
Books
The Horrid Henry stories are read on audiobook by the actress Miranda Richardson, and published by Orion Audio. The combined sales of all the Horrid Henry books and audiobooks now stands at over twenty million copies. Horrid Henry is published in twenty five languages around the world. In April 2009, the US Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint released four Horrid Henry paperbacks nationwide which included "Horrid Henry," "Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb," "Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine," and "Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy." Sourcebooks has since released eleven other Horrid Henry titles. They also have a page with free Activity Pages, Event Kits and a Teacher's Guide for US teachers (http://www.sourcebooks.com/spotlight/horrid-henry-books.html).
In February 2008, an exhibition, "Up to Mischief with Horrid Henry", opened at the Seven Stories Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle, England.
Horrid Henry storybooks
- Horrid Henry
- Horrid Henry and the Secret Club
- Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy
- Horrid Henry's Nits
- Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
- Horrid Henry's Haunted House
- Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse
- Horrid Henry's Revenge
- Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter
- Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb
- Horrid Henry's Underpants
- Horrid Henry Meets the Queen
- Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine
- Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
- Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker
- Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman
- Horrid Henry Robs the Bank
- Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead
- Horrid Henry Rocks
- Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire
- Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
- Horrid Henry's Nightmare
- Horrid Henry's Krazy Ketchup
- Horrid Henry's Cannibal Curse
Early Readers
- Don't Be Horrid, Henry!
- Horrid Henry's Birthday Party
- Horrid Henry's Holiday
- Horrid Henry's Underpants
- Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
- Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
- Horrid Henry's Nits
- Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret
- Horrid Henry's Thank You Letter
- Horrid Henry Reads a Book
- Horrid Henry's Car Journey
- Moody Margaret's School
- Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats
- Horrid Henry's Christmas Play
- Horrid Henry's Rainy Day
- Horrid Henry's Author Visit
- Horrid Henry Meets the Queen
- Horrid Henry's Sports Day
- Moody Margaret Casts a Spell
- Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents
- Moody Margaret's Makeover
- Horrid Henry and the Demon Dinner Lady
- Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy
- Horrid Henry's Haunted House
- Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter
- Horrid Henry's Sleepover
- Horrid Henry's Wedding
- Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch
- Horrid Henry's Homework
- Horrid Henry's Mother's Day
- Horrid Henry and the Comfy Black Chair
- Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse
- Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman
- Horrid Henry and the Mega Mean Time Machine
- Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb
Joke books
- Horrid Henry's Joke Book
- Horrid Henry's Jolly Joke Book
- Horrid Henry's Mighty Joke Book
- Horrid Henry vs. Moody Margaret (two books in one: Horrid Henry's Double Dare and Moody Margaret Strikes Back)
- Horrid Henry's Hilariously Horrid Joke Book
- Horrid Henry's Purple Hand Gang Joke Book
- Horrid Henry's All Time Favourite Joke Book
- Horrid Henry's Jumbo Joke Book
- Horrid Henry's Biggest and Best Ever Joke Book
- How to Survive... Christmas Chaos with Horrid Henry
Fact books
- Horrid Henry's Bugs
- Horrid Henry's Ghosts
- Horrid Henry's Bodies
- Horrid Henry's Kings and Queens
- Horrid Henry's Sports
- Horrid Henry's Dinosaurs
- Horrid Henry's Animals
- Horrid Henry's World Records
- Horrid Henry's Food
- Horrid Henry's Space
Gift books
- Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book
- Horrid Henry's Wicked Ways
- Horrid Henry's Evil Enemies
- Horrid Henry Rules the World
- Horrid Henry's House of Horrors
- Horrid Henry's Dreadful Deeds
- Horrid Henry Shows Who's Boss
- Horrid Henry's A-Z of Everything Horrid
- Horrid Henry's Fearsome Four
- Horrid Henry's Royal Riot
- Horrid Henry's Sticker Book
- Horrid Henry's Tricky Tricks
- Horrid Henry's World Records
- Horrid Henry's Big Bad Puzzle Book
- Horrid Henry's Lucky Dip
- Horrid Henry's Cracking Christmas
TV series activity books
- Horrid Henry's Headscratchers
- Horrid Henry's Brainbusters
- Horrid Henry's Mindbenders
- Horrid Henry's Sticker Book
- Horrid Henry's Colouring Book
- Horrid Henry's Puzzle Book
- Horrid Henry's Crazy Crosswords
- Horrid Henry's Wicked Wordsearches
- Horrid Henry's Mad Mazes
- Horrid Henry's Holiday Havoc
- Horrid Henry's Classroom Chaos
- Horrid Henry's Sports Survival
- Horrid Henry Runs Riot
Compilation books
- A Handful of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry, Horrid Henry and the Secret Club, Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy)
- A Helping of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry's Nits, Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick, Horrid Henry's Haunted House)
- A Triple Treat of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse, Horrid Henry's Revenge, Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter)
- A Giant Slice of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb, Horrid Henry's Underpants, Horrid Henry Meets the Queen)
- A Hat Trick of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine, Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend, Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker)
- A Greedy Gulp of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman, Horrid Henry Robs the Bank, Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead)
- A Monster Helping of Horrid Henry (Horrid Henry Rocks, Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire, Horrid Henry's Monster Movie)
Television
In May 2006, CITV announced that an animated TV series of 52 episodes based on the Horrid Henry books had been commissioned from Novel Entertainment, and produced by ''Whitley-Unwin Productions. The show officially launched in October 2006, for Halloween. The series subsequently launched on television in: Germany, France, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Singapore, Poland, South Africa, Turkey & Korea.
The series quickly became CITV's most successful series ever. Horrid Henry was on CITV every weekday, and on ITV at the weekends. A second series of a further 52, all new episodes of Horrid Henry was launched in February 2009, and a third series began on 22 July 2011, and started being broadcast onwards from 3 September 2011. A fourth series started on 11 October 2014. It aired every weekend at 8:15/8:20/8:25am on CITV and reruns on weekend daytime or weekdays.
In 2015, the series ended after 4 whole seasons, totalling 208 episodes.
Radio
During August & December 2009, Henry took to the airwaves with his own radio show on Fun Kids Radio, hosting a weekly show of comedy and music.
Film
On 23 June 2010, Vertigo Films announced that a live action 3-D film of Horrid Henry was in production. The film's plot focuses on Henry and The Purple Hand Gang fighting to prevent the closure of their school by an evil private school Headmaster.
The film was released on 29 July 2011 in the United Kingdom and 11 January 2013 in Australia.
Albums
In February 2009, a Horrid Henry album entitled Horrid Henry's Most Horrible Album was released by EMI Records, featuring Horrid Henry songs including the TV theme tune and songs from the stage show.
DVDs
1. Horrid Henry's Horrid Revenge (Free Wormy Worm) (DVD Extra's: Purple Hand Gang Quiz, Personality Quiz, .R.O.M.) (released 23 April 2007)
2. Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats (Free whoopee cushion) (DVD Extra's: Henry's Horrid Hints, Goo Game) (released 24 September 2007)
3. Horrid Henry's Underpants (Free Stickers)(DVD Extra's: Henry's Horrid Hints, Find the Underpants Game) (released 19 November 2007)
4. Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick (Free Fair Tickets, Free Joke Cards) (DVD Extra's: Henry's Horrible Sale Game, Henry's Horrid Hints) (released 3 March 2008)
5. Horrid Henry And The Secret Club (Free TOP SECRET Box) (released 29 September 2008)
6. Horrid Henry's Diary (Free Notepad) (released 17 November 2008)
7. Horrid Henry's Birthday (released 16 February 2009)
8. Horrid Henry's Holiday (released 30 March 2009)
The Complete Series 1 (The Complete First Season in a 3 disc boxset) (released 4 May 2009)
9. Horrid Henry’s Favourite Day (released 26 October 2009)
Horrid Henry's Christmas Underpants (released 9 November 2009) (a version of Horrid Henry's Underpants, with a Christmas themed cover)
10. Horrid Henry's Smelly Stuff (released 16 November 2009)
11. Horrid Henry Goes Fishing (released 8 February 2010)
12. Horrid Henry's Fun Run (released 29 March 2010)
13. Horrid Henry's Ice Cream Dream (released 17 May 2010)
Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend (released 7 June 2010)
14. Horrid Henry, Ace Reporter (released 6 September 2010)
15. Horrid Henry and the Zombie Hamster (released 15 November 2010)
16. Horrid Henry and the Green Machine (released 4 April 2011)
17. Horrid Henry: The Movie (released 28 November 2011)
18. Horrid Henry’s Completely Horrid Complete Collections Series 1 & 2 (The complete first and second series in 6 discs) (released 9 March 2012)
Horrid Henry Goes To The Movies (released 9 August 2011)
Horrid Henry and the Zombie Hamster: Halloween Edition (new menu' "Real Horrid Henry's Halloween") (released 31 October 2011)
Horrid Henry: The Purple Hand Gang Rules OK! (released 26 March 2012)
Horrid Henry Goes Bananas (released 17 September 2012)
Horrid Henry and the Early Christmas Present (released 12 November 2012)
Horrid Henry: It's All Your Fault! (released 11 March 2013)
Horrid Henry: Rocking the World (released 23 September 2013)
Horrid Henry: My Weird Family (released 11 November 2013)
Horrid Henry and the King of Bling (released 24 March 2014)
Horrid Henry Knows It All (released 23 March 2015)
Tapes/CDs
- Horrid Henry (Audio CD, 2005)
- Horrid Henry and The Secret Club (Tape, 2002; Audio CD, 2006)
- Horrid Henry Tricks The Tooth Fairy (Tape, 2001; Audio CD, 2005)
- Horrid Henry's Nits (Tape, 2000; Audio CD, 2005)
- Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick (Tape, 2000; Audio CD, 2005)
- Horrid Henry's Haunted House (Tape, 2000; Audio CD, 2005)
- Horrid Henry and The Mummy's Curse (Tape, 2001; Audio CD, 2004)
- Horrid Henry's Revenge (Tape, 2002; Audio CD, 2005)
- Horrid Henry and The Bogey Babysitter (Tape, 2002; Audio CD, 2004)
- Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb (Tape, 2002; Audio CD, 2004)
- Horrid Henry's Underpants (Tape, 2003; Audio CD, 2004)
- Horrid Henry Meets The Queen (Audio CD and Tape, 2004)
- Horrid Henry and The Mega-Mean Time Machine (Audio CD and Tape, 2005)
- Horrid Henry and The Football Fiend (Audio CD and Tape, 2006)
- Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker (Audio CD and Tape, 2006)
- Horrid Henry and The Abominable Snowman (Audio CD and Tape, 2007)
- Horrid Henry Robs The Bank (Audio CD, 2008)
- Horrid Henry Wakes the Dead (Audio CD, 2009)
Music is covered by Peter Rinne and Dik Cadbury, all CD/Tapes narrated by Miranda Richardson, produced by Peter Rinne and Nicholas Jones, and cover illustrations by Tony Ross.
Horrid Henry's Gross Guide to Terrible Teachers was released in May 2010 as the first in a series of audio CD's voiced by Horrid Henry.
Video games
A video game titled Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief was released for the Nintendo DS, Wii, and PC on 30 October 2009. Another video game titled Horrid Henry's Horrid Adventure was released for the Nintendo DS on 5 November 2010. It was negatively reviewed by Nintendo Gamer, who gave it a score of 40%. Horrid Henry: The Good, The Bad, and the Bugly was released for the Nintendo 3DS on 25 November 2011.