Horrid Henry's Joke Book

By Francesca Simon and Tony Ross

Warning: Too rude for parents and for slimy toad little brothers!

These are Horrid Henry's very own jokes: the jokes that grossed out Mom and Dad... that made Aunt Ruby run home... that sent Miss Battle-Axe screaming from class. Be horrid! Read Henry's jokes. Then tell them to the world!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Release date: Apr 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781402245657

Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon MBE spent her childhood on the beach in California and started writing stories at the age of eight. She wrote her first Horrid Henry book in 1994. Horrid Henry has gone on to conquer the globe; his adventures are published in 27 languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Francesca has won the Children's Book of the Year Award and been a judge for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. In 2009, in one of the proudest moments of her career, Francesca was awarded a Gold Blue Peter badge. She was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours. Francesca is also a passionate ambassador for children's literacy and is a trustee of the World Book Day charity. She lives in North London with her family. Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. You can also follow her on Twitter @simon_francesca

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Copyright

Text © Francesca Simon 2004

Internal illustrations © Tony Ross 2004

Cover illustration © Tony Ross 2008

Cover and internal design © 2010 by Sourcebooks, Inc.

Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc.

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.

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Originally published in Great Britain in 2004 by Orion Children’s Books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the publisher.

Source of Production: Versa Press, East Peoria, Illinois, USA

Date of Production: April 2010

Run Number: 12284

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Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Mummy’s Curse Jokes

Grisly Grub Jokes

Gross-Out Jokes

Scary Sitter Jokes

Terminator Gladiator Jokes

Underpants Jokes

Stinkbombs

Doctor Dettol Jokes

Dizzy Dave’s Dinosaur Jokes

Moody Margaret Knocks Sour Susan Jokes

Beefy Bert’s Beastly Jokes

Aerobic Al’s Sports Jokes

Jokes Not to Tell Aunt Ruby

Jokes Not to Tell Miss Battle-Axe

Perfect Peter’s Favorite Jokes

Jokes Much Too Rude to Tell Mom

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Reviews for Horrid Henry's Joke Book

[a3542_986696769 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I Read one third of the book, but it is hardly amusing...