

<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">Horrid Henry gets nits but
Perfect Peter, his little brother, doesn^t make Henry all the more determined
to give them to every child he knows. Francesca Simon^s Henry character is now
almost a cult hero in the playground! </span></strong></p>

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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">About the Author</span></strong></p>



<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">Francesca Simon</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;
font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US"> was born on 23 February 1955, in St. Louis, Missouri, The
United States. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry series of
children^s books. In 2008, Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman won the
Children’s Book of the Year Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards. In 2009,
in one of the proudest moments of her career, Francesca was awarded a Gold Blue
Peter badge. She lives in North London with her family.</span></strong></p>

