Horrid Henry facts for kids

Horrid Henry is a super popular book series about a mischievous boy. It was written by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. These fun stories have also been made into TV shows, a movie, and even theatre plays!

About the Horrid Henry Books

The very first Horrid Henry book came out in 1994, published by Orion Books. By 2019, there were 25 books in the main series! Over 21 million copies of these books have been sold all around the world.

The Horrid Henry books are like a "slice of life" series. They show the everyday adventures of Henry, who is a very self-centered and naughty boy. He often faces a problem and then tries to solve it in tricky ways. This usually involves breaking rules or playing elaborate practical jokes!

Henry has a younger brother named Perfect Peter. Peter is the complete opposite of Henry – always well-behaved and tidy. Most characters in the books have funny nicknames that start with the same sound as their name, like Rude Ralph, Moody Margaret, and Brainy Brian. Only a few characters, like Mum and Dad, don't have these special names.

You can also listen to the Horrid Henry stories as audiobooks. The actress Miranda Richardson reads them, and they are published by Orion Audio.

Horrid Henry books are published in 25 different languages! In 2009, some of the books were released in the USA. These included Horrid Henry, Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb, Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine, and Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy.

Main Horrid Henry Book Titles

• Horrid Henry (1994)
• Horrid Henry and the Secret Club (1995)
• Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy (1996)
• Horrid Henry’s Nits (1997)
• Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick (1998)
• Horrid Henry: The Haunted House (1999)
• Horrid Henry: The Mummy's Curse (2000)
• Horrid Henry: Perfect Revenge (2001)
• Horrid Henry: Bogey Babysitter (2002)
• Horrid Henry: Stinkbombs (2002)
• Horrid Henry: Underpants Panic (2003)
• Horrid Henry: The Queen's Visit (2004)
• Horrid Henry: Mega-Mean Time Machine (2005)
• Horrid Henry's Bedtime (2005)
• Horrid Henry: Football Fiend (2006)
• Horrid Henry: Christmas Cracker (2006)
• Horrid Henry: Abominable Snowman (2007)
• Horrid Henry: Bank Robber (2008)
• Horrid Henry: Waking the Dead (2009)
• Horrid Henry: Rock Star (2010)
• Horrid Henry: Zombie Vampire (2011)
• Horrid Henry: Monster Movie (2012)
• Horrid Henry: Nightmare (2013)
• Horrid Henry: Krazy Ketchup (2014)
• Horrid Henry: Cannibal Curse (2015)
• Horrid Henry: Up, Up and Away! (2019)

Horrid Henry on Screen and Stage

The Horrid Henry stories have been adapted into different forms of entertainment.

Television Show Adventures

In 2006, CITV announced that an animated TV series based on the books was being made. The show officially started in October 2006, just in time for Halloween. It quickly became CITV's most popular series ever!

The show aired every weekday on CITV and on ITV on weekends. More seasons were made, with the second series starting in 2009, the third in 2011, and the fourth in 2014.

In 2018, Nickelodeon UK bought all four seasons of Horrid Henry. They started showing them on Nicktoons. A brand new fifth season also premiered on Nicktoons in October 2018. You can also watch all five seasons of Horrid Henry on Netflix.

Radio Show Fun

From August to December 2009, Horrid Henry even had his own radio show! It was on Fun Kids Radio and featured comedy and music every week.

Theatre Play Performances

Horrid Henry - Live and Horrid! was a theatre show that opened in Sheffield in August 2008. The play then toured around the UK, visiting many cities like High Wycombe, Bromley, and Liverpool.

Horrid Henry: The Movie

In 2010, it was announced that a live-action 3-D movie of Horrid Henry was being made. The film is about Henry and his friends, The Purple Hand Gang. They have to fight to stop an evil Headmaster from closing their school.

The movie was released in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2011. It later came out in Australia on January 11, 2013.

Horrid Henry Video Games

You can also play as Horrid Henry in video games!

• Horrid Henry: Missions of Mischief was released in 2009 for Nintendo DS, Wii, and PC.
• Another game, Horrid Henry's slave, came out for the Nintendo DS in 2010.
• Horrid Henry: The Good, The Bad, and the Bugly was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011.
• In 2015, an app called Horrid Henry’s Big Box Of Pranks became available for iOS devices.