Horrid Henry's Joke Book (8 page)

Francesca Simon
spent her childhood on the beach in California and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over forty-five books and won the Children's Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for
Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman
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Tony Ross
is one of Britain's best known illustrators, with many picture books to his name as well as line drawings for many fiction titles. He lives in Cheshire.