Five-plus

Fiona Lafferty

30th August 2002 at 1:00am

Francesca Simon's anarchic short stories about Horrid Henry and his friends Moody Margaret and Sour Sue are hugely popular for reading aloud to five to seven-year-olds. The latest, Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter, illustrated by Tony Ross (Orion Dolphin pound;3.99), includes four new stories in which Horrid Henry tries to get the better of those around him.

Fiona Lafferty

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