Horrid Henry FREE Books Giveaway!

That’s right, the mischievous Horrid Henry is up to his old tricks again in two new books. I really enjoyed the previous books and was looking forward to checking out Henry’s new adventures–after all, he’s just so troublesome, you can’t resist.

Who is Horrid Henry you might ask? If you’re unfamiliar with the series, it chronicles the adventures of Horrid Henry, his little brother Perfect Peter, his neighbor Moody Margaret, his school pals Rude Ralph, Lazy Linda, Aerobic Al, Brainy Brian, their teacher Miss Battle-Axe and a host of other comic foils for this young terror.

In Horrid Henry’s Underpants, Henry gets an unwelcomed gift from his Great Aunt Greta, who’s convinced he’s a girl. Even though she’s been told ten billion times his name is Henry, not Henrietta, his Great Aunt always sends a Walkie-Talkie-Teasy-Weasy-Burpy-Slurpy Doll, or a Princess Pamper Parlor, or even Baby Poopie Pants. But this time, she’s really done it. Henry rips open his present and stares in horror at a pair of frilly pink lacy underpants! But things really get exciting when Henry stumbles out of bed half-asleep, grabs the lacy underwear hidden in his drawer and unknowingly, in a rush slips them on.

It all sinks in when Henry is sitting in class and feels something scratchy. Horrid Henry is mortified. Not to mention the game of depantsing that Horrid Henry had recently started on the playground. Horrid Henry does his best to scheme a new pair of underwear to no avail, but what will happen when he finds out that it’s P.E. day? Any story about underwear is sure to crack a smile on even the most reluctant readers, and chances are they’ll love to read the other three stories about the kid we all hate to love, or love to hate! In addition to the underpants story, young readers find out how Horrid Henry negotiates about eating vegetables, competes with Perfect Peter over which of them is sickest, and hits on a brilliant way to write thank-you letters.

Additional Information:
Reading level: Ages 7-10
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402238258
ISBN-13: 978-1402238253

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Don’t you hate it when you have a babysitter beautifully trained and for some reason they won’t come back? In Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter, Henry’s mom learns it’s not easy to find someone to babysit more than once for Horrid Henry. “What do you think I’m crazy?” one babysitter asks. When the door opens and the biggest, meanest, ugliest, nastiest-looking girl walks in, Henry howls, “Go home, you witch!” Gee–I can’t possibly understand why nobody wants to babysit Henry!

Rabid Rebecca has heard all about Henry and roars her fiery dragon’s breath, forcing Henry to go to bed at 7 o’clock. No one goes to bed at 7 o’clock. Not even toddlers! When Henry attempts to sneak downstairs for a drink of water, he’s busted, but Rabid Rebecca doesn’t rip his head off–because she’s afraid of a spider. Henry negotiates staying up late and watching his favorite show if he catches the spider and Rebecca agrees. But when Henry catches the spider, Rebecca orders him to bed again. Henry now knows his secret weapon and once again has a babysitter beautifully trained. But I doubt she’ll be coming back! In addition to encountering the worst babysitter in the world, the other stories have Henry traumatizing his parents on a long car trip; going trick-or-treating at Halloweeen (with disastrous results); and emerging victorious from a raid on Moody Margaret’s Secret Club.

Francesca Simon has done it again and Horrid Henry causes more trouble than ever in these new books. It’s refreshing to see a series whose main character is a trouble-maker–because if we can’t laugh at books, then what can we laugh at?

HORRID HENRY GIVEAWAY!

If you want to check out the series for yourself, I’m giving away a copy of
Horrid Henry’s Underpants
Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter
and
Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse

What do you have to do?

There’s a little Horrid Henry in all of us, so leave a comment below, telling us the worst thing you, a friend, or acquaintance did as a kid. Of course that person can certainly remain anonymous. (ex: putting gum in somebody’s hair, mooning out of a bus window, etc…) And let’s keep it Rated PG!

• There will be three winners and each winner will win one of the above books (randomly selected)
• For contact purposes, if you are a non-blogger or your email is not accessible in your blog profile, please leave a valid email address within the comment section.
• Contest is open to US only
• Contest ends on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST.
• Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Monday, October 12, 2009.