Horrid Henry's Sports (A Horrid Factbook)
Author(s): Francesca Simon
Did you know that the Olympic gold medals are made mostly of silver? What is the world's most popular sport? Did the Romans really do athletics in the nude? Packed with freaky facts and random trivia, this is the perfect guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and lots of things you might never have wanted to know) about the world of sport - Horrid Henry style!
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What is the world's most popular sport? Did the Romans really do athletics in the nude? Packed with freaky facts and random trivia, this is the essential guide to everything you ever wanted to know about the world of sport - Horrid Henry style!
Great fun, easy to read and above all informative. What more do you need to know? THE BOOKBAG
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 45 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. Tony Ross is one of the most popular and successful of all children's illustrators, with many picture books to his name. He has also produced line drawings for many fiction titles.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.112
- : 31 October 2011
- : 196mm X 130mm X 10mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Francesca Simon
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : Tony Ross
- : 80
- : Illustrations