Francesca Simon: Authors Live
Horrid Henry with Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon – full session
Francesca Simon's inspirations and ideas for Horrid Henry. Michael Rosen talks about writing being his best friend and performs his poem The Space. Michael Rosen tells the story about his dad's sayings and how his brother would mimic and exaggerate them, including 'the Noise!'
About Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon was born in St Louis, Missouri, 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. She has become one of the UK's best-selling children's writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular Horrid Henry series. Horrid Henry has been published in 24 countries, selling over fifteen million copies and has been made into an animated TV series. Francesca lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan spaniel, Shanti.
Questions
After the webcast Francesca answered some questions from School Reporters Greg and Sophie.
Partners
Authors Live is produced in association with the Scottish Book Trust, Creative Scotland and Glow. The Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing in Scotland and their Authors Live programme is funded by the National Lottery through the Creative Scotland's Inspiring Communities Fund. The Authors Live webcasts are also available through Glow - the world's first national intranet for education allowing joined-up working the length and breadth of Scotland.
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