Background to Horrid Henry

Francesca Simon says, ‘I often describe the Horrid Henry books as westerns for kids. Henry is an outlaw, who behaves dreadfully, yet often triumphs. Just as adults like reading about people who go against convention, so kids get a thrill from a child who always acts on impulse and never worries about the consequences. Henry is pure ego, while Perfect Peter is an exaggerated version of the impeccably behaved child parents think they want.’

Love Reading for Kids

ego - an exaggerated sense of self-importance and a feeling of superiority to other peopleimpeccably - so perfect in character as to be incapable of doing wrongimpulse - a sudden urge to do something

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Discussion prompts for Horrid Henry

Settings: Where are the stories set? Characters: Who are the main characters? Characters: What are the characters like? Characters: What do you notice about the

characters? Themes: What themes have you spotted in the

stories? Plot: What sort of plots do the stories have? Plot: How do the stories often end? Language features: What is the repeated phrase

found in the books and what does it warn the reader to expect?

Language features: What else did you notice about the language?

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Sample Spider Diagram

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Characters from Horrid Henry

https://www.horridhenry.co.uk/characters/

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Characters from Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry Perfect Peter Moody Margaret Sour Susan Rude Ralph Mum Dad Miss Battle-Axe

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Horrid Henry profile template

Why do you think people might like Horrid Henry? Why might they dislike him?

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Character(how he thinks and behaves)

Appearance(what he looks like)

Perfect Peter profile template

Why do you think people might like Perfect Peter? Why might they dislike him?

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Character(how he thinks and behaves)

Appearance(what he looks like)

Character Descriptions from Horrid Henryhttps://www.horridhenry.co.uk/characters/

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Name suggestions for new characters

BenMatteoGeorgeNoah DexterEsanLeo OscarCharlie Sandip

HattieOlivia IffatEmily SashaIsabella Meera Poppy MinLily

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