Simon Francesca

Four fabulously funny stories that will invoke every family's worst Christmas nightmares, as Horrid Henry sabotages the school play, tries to do his Christmas shopping without spending his pocket money, attempts to ambush Father Christmas, and endures Christmas dinner with the guests from hell.

Horrid Henry has collected all of his favourite jokes and is itching to share them. He's divided them into sections, each one covering a subject he finds fascinating: Demon Dinner Ladies laughs, Anti-Aunt jokes, scary screamers and jokes not suitable for mums. And Henry's written his own, special introduction to each section. A side-splittingly funny new book bursting with jokes collected from primary schools throughout Britain — so they're perfect for their audience.

A stinkbomb becomes a deadly weapon in Horrid Henry's longrunning war with Moody Margaret; he uses all his guile to win the school reading competition, only to find the longed-for prize is not what he expected; he goes for a sleepover and retreats in horror when he finds that other people's houses aren't always as nice as his own; and he has the joy of seeing Miss Battle-Axe ticked off by the Head when he knows it was all his fault. In short, another vintage Horrid Henry title!