TITLE Horrid Henry's Monster MovieAUTHOR Francesca Simon
PUBLICATION September 1st 2012 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
READ October 22, 2012
SOURCE Sourcebooks for review
Contains four stories - Horrid Henry's Monster Movie, Horrid Henry's Horrid Weekend, Horrid Henry's Grump Card, Horrid Henry's Olympics.
I hadn't realised that Horrid Henry books have been around for so long until I received Monster Movie and saw how many people reminisced about the beloved character. Upon finishing these 4 quick stories I can see why. Henry is a little devil and reading about the crooked situations he gets himself into was definitely interesting. I read this to my 5 year old daughter as well as my 3 year old son and I can't even count the number of times the two of them laughed out loud.
Coming from a mother's perspective I can say that I found myself looking for a moral in these stories and longed for Henry to learn a lesson in each one and was a bit disappointed when he didn't. But I can also say that it was refreshing to read tales that were just for fun! No deep thought went into absorbing these stories and they were strictly for fun which was, in it's own way, refreshing.
The favorite story in our household was Horrid Henry's Grump Card. In this story there wasn't necessarily a straight forward lesson that was learned but I found my daughter raising her hand a lot and pointing out the fault in Henry's actions. It was fun to see how she could identify right from wrong and she was shaking her finger at poor Henry.
I will be on the lookout for more of Henry's books and the kids have been asking for more as well. I definitely recommend these cute reads for anyone looking for light, fun reads that will have your kids (and you) laughing along the way.
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Favorite childhood story character had to be Ramona the Pest and Pippi Longstocking. Loved those two.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with Horrid Henry either. I left children's books behind as fast as I could. Doesn't sound like this one is ideal from a parents' perspective, but kids love it, so that's what's important right? That's how I feel reading kids' books a lot of the time. I don't think it's that great but suspect the target audience would be over the moon with delight.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the mom perspective of the books. I also try to not let my daughter be rude and the amount of times someone is saying "shut up" in the book was crazy. It was a fun and cute book though. My daughter loved it. I gave it to my 9 year old neighbor and he really liked it too.
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ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite characters was Anne Shirley. She was just such a likeable character, but was always getting herself into trouble.
ReplyDeleteI think it's sweet that your daughter would point out what Harry was doing wrong.
I am not familiar with Horrid Henry but it's lovely to learn that your children were enjoying the stories :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite is Laura from Little House on the Prairies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway! I'd say either Laura from Little House on the Prairie or Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables :)
ReplyDeleteI also loved Laura from The Little House on the Prairie books. Thanks for the awesome giveaway - these books sound very interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite character, without a doubt, is Ramona Quimby. I worshipped those books as a kid and have read them to my 7yo. I'm planning to read them to my 4yo when she gets a little older.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked this. I had a similar issue w/Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the bad attitude of the mc.
Haha, that is just way too cute, your daughter waving her finger at Henry!! She knows what's what. I can appreciate a fun read that isn't necessarily meant to have a lesson sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea which is my favourite childhood character, but Bod from The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman has to be among the top.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was Cassie from the Secret Circle Series. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was probably Alice from the books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
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Probably it would be Eeyore I loved him for a long time when I was younger.
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