Customer Reviews

Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb (Bk. 10)

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Book 2 and my son loved this one too. Very easy to read and to understand. J loved it.

Purchased for my 8 year old son, he seemed to enjoy these as he asked for additional stories for his kindle (when I asked him but, he didn't actually equest on his own, hence 4 stars not 5).

I purchase and read the Horrid Henry books for my 5 year old grandson. When he visits he loves for me to read to him, and the antics of Henry has him laughing out loud. Horrid Henry is a brat and a troublemaker but things usually work out for him in the end.
Horrid Henry is a little stinker, but he does get the interest going in small children. They seem to love him.

My son is 7 and has to read each day for 20 minutes. At first this was a struggle but when we found Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb and the other books in the series, my son is reading for 40 minutes some-days! It has been enjoyable to see him love to read and laugh out loud at while reading these books.

As authors of books for children, we set out to create books our young readers will enjoy. We hope our books will be "keepers" to be read again and again. Recently I received another email telling me that my action-adventures and mysteries have had this effect on an eleven year-old boy.

In our family, it was the "Mr. Men and Little Miss" books that our children wanted my wife and me to read over and over again, and we did. Even though our children are 30 and 28 now, I highly recommend these books to parents today.

Now I have the opportunity to introduce you to another set of books that I think will be "keepers." I'm talking about the "Horrid Henry" books by Francesca Simon. I would first suggest these as books for boys 5 - 8. Each book contains four short chapters. Girls will enjoy the books just as much as boys.

The series has been successful in England, and is now being published in the US. In addition to "Horrid Henry," the titles include "Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy," "Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine," and "Horrid Henry's Stink Bomb."

Parents might be concerned that Henry will give kids ideas of ways to get into trouble, but there are always consequences for the things that Henry does. Other characters, in addition to Horrid Henry, include his brother, Perfect Peter, Moody Margaret, Spotless Sam, Goody-Goody Gordon, Tidy Ted, and Soar Susan.

The Horrid Henry books deal with real life situations. Young readers may recognize their own parents, teachers, siblings, friends...even themselves, in the characters. But it's the humor that will have kids coming back for more.

My first concern, as an author, is for struggling or reluctant readers, since I grew up hating to read. Horrid Henry may be just the cure for children who think they aren't interested in reading.

Published by Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky

Max Elliot Anderson
Author
Books for Boys

"Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret are a perfect pair. Henry has a secret club tht doesn't allow girls in. Margaret has a secret club just for girls. And both Henry and Margaret love to play pranks. But with Perfect Peter and Sour Susan acting as spies, which secret club will win?"

Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb has the following stories: "Horrid Henry Reads a Book," "Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb," "Horrid Henry's School Project," and "Horrid Henry's Sleepover."

In my favorite story, "Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb", Henry uses a stinkbomb as a toxic weapon in his war with Moody Margaret. When Perfect Peter is "fired" from Horrid Henry's secret club and Soar Susan is "fired" from Moody Margaret's secret club, the two ban together to seek their revenge. Typical childhood pranks, this story had me laughing out loud.