Don't Be Horrid Henry!

Horrid Henry Early Reader #1

by Francesca Simon

(Polish) Pierwsza książeczka o Koszmarnym Karolku z kolorowymi ilustracjami dla młodszych odbiorców, czyli rówieśników Doskonałego Damianka. Bardzo proste i śmieszne historyjki o kłopotach z młodszym rodzeństwem, mamą i tatą. Świetna lektura dla tych, którzy dopiero co nauczyli się czytać.

Genres: Childrens, Humor

64 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

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

[Carmen]

The pictures were very funny.

[Viki]

It was a nice book about when Peter was little!

[Caitlin Kendal]

It was a very interesting book. It had a happy ending for all characters, and I lost a sense of time in this book.

[Kate Douglas]

great book

It’s a great book for kids that are just starting but it’s also really funny and the words stand out so you can read it clearly and the illustrations are really good

[Alice Clift]

Nice book.

[Sidra]

Francesca Simon's most popular fictional character, Horrid Henry, becomes very unpopular with his parents after the birth of his younger brother, Peter. Henry is no angel as a baby, but annoyingly Peter is. Henry tries his best to get rid of his perfect baby brother as well as get his parents to see what a troublemaker he is. Despite his failed attempts,he effortlessly becomes his baby brother's hero.

This book is great for early readers in Reception and Year 1. Filled with colourful illustrations and short sentences, it allows readers to pause often and observe images at the same time to aid with reading. The basic sentence structure and introduction of new vocabulary has positive impact on the language of young readers. It could also be very a familiar situation and therefore entertaining for readers, as it demonstrates a realistic relationship between two siblings.

[ruta]

Aslında kitap Early Readers için olduğundan başta pek başlamak istemedim. Ancak daha sonra bu kitabın Henry'nin nasıl Felaket Henry (Horrid Henry) olduğunu anlattığını öğrendim ve kitabı okudum.

Bu serinin Türkçe baskılarını 6-7 yıl önce falan okumuştum ve o zamanlar da şimdi de kitaba dair en sevdiğim şey resimler oldu.

Ve yine Henry, küçük kardeşi Peter'dan daha huysuz bir çocuk olduğundan onu sürekli azarlayan anne ve babasından nefret ettim.

[Hannah]

A really good book for young readers