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A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry Sports
by Francesca Simon
Description:
Did you know that the Olympic gold medals are made mostly of silver? What is the world’s most popular sport? Did the Romans really do athletics in the nude? And how do you win the World Gurning Championships? Newly edition with special World Cup Quiz, this is Horrid Henry’s essential guide to the weirdest and most wonderful sporting facts. A must for every Horrid Henry-loving sports fan!
Reading Guide:
Children Read Themselves: 7-12
Reading is a healthy ritual for children, Skryf believes!
About The Author
Francesca Simon was born in St Louis, Missouri, grew up in California, and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write childrens books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.
She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). After her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing childrens books full time. One of the UKs best-selling childrens writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve milllion copies.
Francesca won the Childrens Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. HORRID HENRY is published in 24 countries and is also an animated CITV series. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.
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fun and interesting facts about sports.