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Helping Hercules
From the duo who brought you Horrid Henry - a new angle on the Greek myths!
- GenresChildrens
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Francesca Simon
386 books204 followersFrancesca Simon grew up in California and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s 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 children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve million copies.
Francesca won the Children’s 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.
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 children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve million copies.
Francesca won the Children’s 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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August 4, 2024
I've finished reading it for the third time, other two times I believe were in late 2010 and early 2015.
I'd give it a 3.5, due to the educational content (the Greek myths and legend characters dramatised in a comic way without being too off the track. I just wished it was a larger anthology with more characters, or at least if this had a sequel. I understand that Simon was very interested in Greek mythology, so kudos to her for writing this.
I'd give it a 3.5, due to the educational content (the Greek myths and legend characters dramatised in a comic way without being too off the track. I just wished it was a larger anthology with more characters, or at least if this had a sequel. I understand that Simon was very interested in Greek mythology, so kudos to her for writing this.
October 31, 2021
Neat idea, Francesca-Simonly-well written, with some very funny dialogues.
July 21, 2015
Susan is anything but helpful at home. So not surprisingly, her magic coin sends her on mythological adventures to help cure her of her stubborn laziness. Turns out she was the brains behind many of the greatest mythical adventures of all time!
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