Horrid Henry Tricks The Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry #3

by Francesca Simon, Tony Ross (Illustrator)

Here are four stories about Henry, in which he goes to the dentist, torments his brother Peter, creates havoc at his birthday party, and plans revenge when Moody Margaret won't let him into her secret club. Now you can read the book and watch each story as an animated episode.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Humor, Audiobook, Novels, Middle Grade, Chapter Books

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Francesca 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.

Reviews

[Rossy]

Horrid Henry is really mean and horrid :|

[Sara Kamjou]

پیتر خوبه واقعا رو اعصابه. :))

[♥Milica♥]

Not as entertaining as the last book I read (book 1) but still cute and funny.

Henry doesn't always get his way and I think these books do a good job showing how horrible he is and that his bad behaviour doesn't go unpunished (except on a few occasions where it's somewhat justified).

Translation is consisently good. It'll be weird to read it in English later.

[Duygu Öksünlü]

I have no idea why Horrid Henry series is loved by many people on Goodreads. Henry is just a mean boy, not funny, not clever etc. I gave 2/5 just because the book is not didactic on the contrary of many examples of children literature.

[Rachel]

Another cute, fun read. I think I actually liked the stories here more than those in the first book. They were much funnier and a lot more enjoyable.

Henry's parents still suck, though. His teacher too.

But the Tooth Fairy story was pretty cute, especially reading it as an adult who knows that the Tooth Fairy isn't real, so it was probably Henry's mom who wasn't falling for any of his tricks. The wedding story was also good. I can't blame Henry for being miserable at his cousin's wedding, I kinda hate weddings too. Uncomfortable clothes, loud music, boring ceremonies, and being forced to socialize with people you don't like? Yeah, hard pass.

[Srividya Venkataraman]

Just horrid henry..... 😅

[cheryl louise rae]

I think this book is a amazing however writes this has to be proud but I'm telling us write more short books

[Bahman Bahman]

هنری زلزله مجموعه‌ای از «فرانچسکا سایمون» نویسنده آمریکایی است که همه داستان‌های آن پیرامون کودکی بازیگوش به نام «هنری» می‌گذرد؛ مانند بسیاری از آثاری که برای کودکان نوشته می‌شود، «سایمون» نیز در این مجموعه با زبانی طنز «هنری» را در موقعیت‌های گوناگون قرار می‌دهد و از این رهگذر، غیرمستقیم آموزش‌هایی به مخاطب خود می‌دهد. هر یک از کتاب‌های هنری زلزله مجموعه‌ای است از چهار داستان مستقل طنز و شیطنت‌آمیز از ماجراهای هنری، دوست وروجک و بامزه‌ی بچه‌ها

[Vishnu Chevli]

Book on a mischievous kid which my kid enjoyed a lot

[Hannah Lassey]

"Horrid Henry Tricks The Tooth Fairy" was the first short story amongst four in this book. This story was about how Horrid Henry is jealous when everyone else is losing a tooth and getting money from the tooth fairy so he tries to find a way to tick the tooth fairy into giving him some money which proves difficult. The second story " Horrid Henry's Wedding" is about when Horrid Henry is forced to be a page boy for his cousin's wedding. He is forced to wear a horrible, frilly costume and so tries to sabotage the day in revenge. The third story "Moody Margaret Moves In' is about when his hated classmate Margaret moves in for two weeks while her parents are on holiday. At first Mum and Dad don't believe that she is really moody but they quickly learn that Horrid Henry wasn't exaggerating. In this story one of Horrid Henry's pranks actually pleases Mum and Dad as Margaret's parents come home early after a fake telegram made by Horrid Henry. The final story "Horrid Henry's New Teacher" is about Horrid Henry's attempts to make his new scary teacher Mr Nerdon run away screaming. If Horrid Henry can do this he will win Rude Ralph's football due to a bet the two boys made about it.

I found my-self laughing out loud while reading this book and think that adults and children alike will enjoy reading it. It would be perfect as a year 2 class reader as the stories are short to keep the children engaged. It could be used as a base for a lot of work in literacy on alliteration, character and similes. The character's in this book are very vivid and well described. There are a lot of uses of adjectives also. The only negative of the book is that it is slightly dated (for example the use of telegrams instead of e-mail.) However the humor and characters mean this book can still be enjoyed and used in the classroom today.

[Samera Jamil]

This book I would recommend as a independent book for children at the ages 8-10 for guided reading or quiet reading sessions. Also it could also been used to read out loud to a group of 6-8 years during a class. This will be a good way to ask the children to use their imagination to guess what will happen next and encourage them to write their own version of the next part. This enhances creativity. The story is part of a collection of a well known character called Henry who is mischievous in comparison to his brother who is referred to as 'perfect'. In this story Henry notices how children get money in return for their fallen out teeth and decides to play a trick on the tooth fairy. This book is good in the sense that it is humorous and due to the humour children will be encouraged to continue reading. Also the way it is presented in clear spaced typing and exciting illustrations. This book can be used for drama in order to act out parts of the story and the teacher can encourage students to describe the feelings of others who are affected by Henry as well as the feelings Henry may be feeling. A good way to use this book may be during drama when they act out the story. Also to enforce their own social discipline as the teacher can ask the students: What is Henry doing? Is this right? Why? This could lead to students making posters to encourage positive behaviour. Also used in literacy to use similes and metaphors to describe Henrys attitudes as well as others feelings and attitudes.

However a negative point in regards to this book is children may adopt Henry's attitude and behaviour and confuse themselves as they see his as a favourable character. The teacher must make the students aware of the consequences of his behaviour and explain why it is not right. To avoid this misconception.

[Emily]

The pranks were pretty funny and it was especially funny how he tried to trick the tooth fairy. He gets into trouble really easily, even sometimes when it is Peter who is causing the trouble behind their backs.

[GenieD]

My 5 yr old granddaughter loves Horrid Henry! This one has me laughing out loud!

[𝑅𝑎𝑧𝑣𝑖 𓃰]

I read this for a school competition but I had so much fun reading this!

[Răzvan Ursuleanu]

Zâna Măseluță a fost implementată în România de puțină vreme, eu când eram mic nu exista așa ceva și atunci când îți cădea un dinte nu te apucai să îl bagi sub pernă ca să te trezești a doua zi de dimineață cu niște bani în locul dintelui, era pe atunci o procedură cu totul diferită pe care trebuiau să o urmeze copiii rămași știrbi.

Procedura era următoarea:

Luai dintele care îți căzuse (asta dacă nu îl înghițeai, așa cum a pățit în carte Nic Năstrușnic), te duceai să îți anunți părinții cu privire la ce ți s-a întâmplat, iar ei, după ce chiuiau de bucurie de parcă aflaseră că ești premiantul clasei, te luau de mână și mergeați împreună să aruncați dintele respectiv peste casă, pe principiul că această operațiune va aduce noroc și belșug în sânul familiei.

Din nefericire, eu locuiam la etajul nouă într-un bloc de zece etaje, astfel că nici măcar Nicoleta Grasu, vicecampioana mondială la aruncarea discului, nu avea cum să zvârle dintele mai sus de etajul cinci, sau hai să zicem șase dacă se opintea din răsputeri.

Și nici să arunci dintele peste casa altcuiva nu era chiar o idee nemaipomenită, pentru că interesul părinților era acela de a atrage norocul și belșugul în cadrul familiei și nicidecum de a plasa toate aceste avantaje în spațiul locativ al altor familii.

Oricum, nu a fost nevoie să mă gândesc chiar atât de mult la toată istoria asta, pentru că Zâna Măseluță apare doar în prima povestire. Cea de-a doua, în care Nic Năstrușnic este cavaler de onoare la nunta distinșilor Anita Sclifosita și Niță Bubiță, m-a făcut efectiv să râd ținându-mă cu mâinile de burtă și să uit cu desăvârșire de zâne implementate de curând în țara noastră sau de dinți lipsă, slavă cerului.

A treia povestire, cea cu Ica Urzica, m-a cam enervat, pentru că eu sunt fan Nic Năstrușnic iar această Ica apare în forță și îi pune lui Nic firimituri, gem precum și un anumit număr de melci în pat (activitate pe care eu consider că doar Nic are dreptul să o facă), dar ultima povestire, cea cu noul învățător, este atât de grozavă, încât nu văd cum aș mai putea să fac altceva decât să caut repede celelalte cărți cu Nic Năstrușnic și să le citesc pe toate!

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[Charlie]

2.5/5?
This was pretty much like the other books except for 2 things:
-the 3rd story had a nice change of the formula (the usual henry being horrid->adults are mad) and this time his parents didn’t hate the prank he pulled
-the 4th story… was a little too much imo. It’s about henry trying to win a bet by making the new teacher run screaming and !spoiler alert! In the brackets ((he ends up pretending his brother fell out of the window and died! and the teacher faints! and henry’s happy))
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Starting to think this isn’t the perfect book for kids lol
I think some kids will find it entertaining but maybe some will learn bad things idk🥸

[Fatemeh Am]

اگه برای کودکی بخوام کتابی هدیه بگیرم قطعا این مجموعه کتاب جزوشون نیست. پیتر دقیقا خودشه به خودش اجازه می‌ده تمام احساساتش را کامل تجربه کنه ولی کودکای اطرافش شامل برادر کوچیکش و همینطور دختر همسایه و هم‌بازی ش بیسار آب زیرکاه هستن. درواقع فکر میکنم هنوز فرصت زیادی برای شناخت و یادگرفتن موذی‌گری هست و نباید عجله ای داشت

[Annie Creato]

Henry is truly horrid and evil. Kids like this book because of its humor but it must be stressed to them the consequences of being such a horrible person. It can open up good talking points about kindness and bullying and consequences of actions.

[zahraa al lawati]

I don't even understand why I am rereading all these books. Henry might just be the worst character I've ever read of. It seemed fun back when I was 7-10 years old, but it's just extremely cringy lol.

[Simon Till]

An all-time favourite on mine. The best of the Horrid Henry collection. I loved them all growing up but I particularly enjoyed the plot behind this one. A very moreish and 'easy' read that you will finish in one sitting.

[Dain Song]

I enjoyed reading this when I was young. I think this book is very interesting to read since it has many good ideas. Bur some are not realistic, when Perfect Peter doesn't like sweets, or acts like a 20 years old instead of a kid.

[Liam Martin]

I did enjoy this one and yes was good but was AMAZING but it really good

[Fateme H.]

یادمه یه کم که بچه تر بودم، عاشق هنری بودم و هر کدوم از کتابهاش رو چهل بار خونده بودم.
هنوز هم ازش خوشم میاد، اما دیگه نه به اون اندازه.

[Christopher Byram]

Read this when I was a child, funny book.

[Farida.H ^-^]

This book is very funny and I really like the sly plans Henry does on this book ( I am not going to spoil it!)

[Terry]

We've got a review of this easy reader import at the Reading Tub.

[Sarah raine]

It is good

[Huda Shahid]

I am hooked

[Rishabh]

Very good and funny book

[Olaoye Eniola]

Very nice