Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire

Horrid Henry #20

by Francesca Simon

Four new stories in which Horrid Henry terrorizes his classmates at a school sleepover in the museum; plays with Perfect Peter and tricks him into handing over all his money; gets out of writing his own story for Miss Battle-Axe by adapting one of Peter's; and meets the Nudie Foodie, a celebrity chef, who comes to the school to improve school dinners. No more burgers! No more chips!

Genres: Childrens, Humor, Middle Grade, Collections, Comedy

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Francesca Simon grew up in California and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.

She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). After her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve million copies.

Francesca won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. HORRID HENRY is published in 24 countries and is also an animated CITV series. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.

Reviews

[Crystal ✬ Lost in Storyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humorous and entertaining, Horrid Henry is sure to captivate young boys and girls alike with tales of his misadventures. Horrid Henry is the epitome of laziness and narcississm. He thinks that the world should bow to him and doesn't understand why his mother and father adore his younger brother, appropriately called Perfect Peter so much. Perfect Peter is a wimp and follows the rules rigidly, yet he still cares for his older brother and wants to spend time with him. Horrid Henry, on the other hand, would score high on the kiddie Mach(iavellian) scale. He doesn't pay attention to others unless he can manipulate them for his own gain. I wouldn't call him a good role model; however, his misadventures call for many laugh out loud moments and, hopefully, will teach kids what not to do.

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[Sari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horrid Henry is so horrid, and that's why my boys love him. He makes us laugh...and it's funny when the 5-year old and the 10-year old both want to listen to the same book. Henry is up to his usual horrid tricks in this one, whether it be ruining the "healthy" school lunches, messing with his perfect brother or trying to escape from the class sleepover at the museum by convincing everyone the teachers are zombies. Or vampires. Or zombie vampires. We laughed at every story, and can't wait to read more.

[Neha Azhar-Fahad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Horrid Henry books will always be on my read list, how ever old I get.

[Salma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didnt like it. dDont like Horrid henry much.

[Samantha Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’ve agreed to read all the books the children I’m working with are reading over the Easter break. Sadly, that includes this one. Oh well, three down, seven to go!

[Margarita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horrid Henry is SO horrid!
Very entertaining and so very funny! Kiddos of all ages will have a ton of fun with Horrid Henry.
Horrid Henry is so mischievous and imaginative - a combination that will surely end in getting into trouble. There is very little that will keep this boy from sharing his thoughts and standing up for what he believes in.

One of the most unique and entertaining parts of this book was how each character is named by their number one characteristic - Horrid Henry's little brother is Perfect Peter. And some of his classmates are Rude Ralph, Tidy Ted and Moody Margaret.

In each of the four stories, Horrid Henry tries to break free from the boring world and doesn't hold back in trying to get everyone to see how FUN things could be if they would just listen to him. Although Horrid Henry may not be for everyone, he is the perfect character to introduce to your child as the boy who we all would love to be but shouldn't. A fun character to laugh out loud with and see that even though Horrid Henry may be right, the consequences prove that there are better ways to go about getting what we want.

These are the perfect books to get beginner chapter readers going!

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are so fun!

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great fun for kids. Each book in the series has 4 short stories that are laugh out loud funny. Good for reluctant readers.

[Mairéad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four more stories about Horrid Henry's life sure to entertain younger readers (6-9). Lots of opportunities to discuss personality traits, adjectives and different perspectives with a group of children if using the book as a read aloud.

[Saee :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I should try playing Robot and Mad Scientist myself sometimes.
And justice for Mr Nudie Foodie , he cooked pasta that Henry loved but Henry's horridness landed Chef in trouble as well as deprived him from awesome pasta.

[Devin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love books and I always love so much about it and I also love Ho, Henry and the zombie vampire that was such a great book. The part of the story was when Henry learns how to real realize or recognizing a zombie and I also knew when Henry read about a vampire, but I just don’t remember it.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite. But I can definitely see the appeal. My brother and I would have liked this when we were kids. I do like all of the alliteration in the names. And Miss Battle-Axe.

[Cameron Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good series

[Michael C Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny and engaging for my 7 year old

There are always four chapters and each one is long. My son likes mischievous Henry because it reminds him oh him and his brother.

[Andrew MacDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book from the Horrid Henry series and is definatley better than a few that I have read. With lots of humour, pranks and fun, I would recommend this book for 7-11

[Ilze Du Toit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow love it

[Fraser · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 star for it very funny

[Anam Khan]

I love Horrid Henry books.
I'm not going to spoil it for the ones who haven't read it.

[Ayan · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so good and funny but the last part was okay but it was to enjoy full I buy it in the Omni books library

[John Naylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

4 more Horrid Henry stories.

I am starting to dislike Henry's parents the more I read of these stories. They are so quick to punish and very slow to start trying to understand. The stories here are amusing without ever being laugh out loud funny (at least to me).

[M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

2nd grade reader. Probably more boys than girls, and interesting plots for those closet rebels. Funny and may get reluctant readers interested. Henry is interested in blood and guts and everything else is just out of his realm. He is truly horrid aand contrasts most definitely with his little brother who is so sweet that it makes Henry's teeth hurt. (Mine, too.) The book has 4 stories, 1 per chapter, and each see Henry trying to bring some justice (and excitement) to what he sees as a boring world with everyone actively working against him. Over the top silly.

Plots include new recipes for the school cafeteria, getting Henry's brother to do Henry's chores, and zombie vampires at the museum sleepover.

The book was originally published in Great Britain and some of the wording may be unfamiliar to many readers, but it shouldn't be enough to stop them.

[Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids · Rating 3 out of 5]

An entertaining read that will leave readers laughing out loud, Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampires will definitely be a hit for fans of this series. With Francesca's easy to read text, some laugh out loud moments, and the book's smallish size make this a fast paced read even the most reluctant reader will enjoy. This book's 4 short stories will entertain just about anyone with a second grade reading level and higher.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite an interesting read. Available for most primary age children and some low ability secondary age children.

Four different stories that are really inviting for the younger, (and possibly the) reluctant readers.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Story ends abruptly at the end.

[Sadia · Rating 3 out of 5]

in my opinion this was a really funny and wicked book

[Ollie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Horred Henry is very very naughty and funny and funky

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Horrid Henry book is cool. I wouldn't Lisping Lily bothering me !

[Kathy Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

finally! a change of writing style. more humorous and at times henry wins