Tag Archives: Francesca Simon

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire

Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In story 1, Henry copies Peter’s story during school and ends up having to read it to the kindergarteners.  In Story 2, Mr. Nudie Foodie comes to Henry’s school to teach them how to eat more nutritiously.  Story three is about Henry tricking Peter out of all his money and candy and in story four Peter and Henry get to sleep over at the museum with their classes. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter

Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Henry's at it again when he realizes Peter's going to have to go Trick or Treating with him on Halloween.  In the second story, Henry gets stuck with Rebecca as a babysitter.  In story three, Henry and Margaret raid each other's secret clubs.  In story four Henry gets to go to his new baby cousin's christening. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Horrid Henry hates going on walks and figures how to turn his family’s hike into a mess.   He also tricks Perfect Peter into thinking his washing machine box is a real time machine.  In the third story Peter gets fed up with Horrid Henry’s horridness and tries to get revenge. In the last story Aunt Ruby takes Henry’s family out to a fancy French restaurant for Henry’s mom’s birthday. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse

Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In the first story Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter are both collecting toys that come in Sweet Tweet cereal boxes.  In the next story, Henry wants to get a perfect score on his spelling test to earn a bag of candy, but fails to study.  The third story’s about Henry taking swim lessons and the last story is about Henry wanting to use Perfect Peter’s mummy kit and how he tricks him to be able to play with it. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry Rocks

Horrid Henry Rocks

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter go to war in the first story of this book.   Then Henry gets a craving in the middle of night and sneaks into Margaret's secret tent and steals her cookies,  he writes his autobiography and in the last story Henry gets to go to a concert. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry’s Monster Movie

Horrid Henry’s Monster Movie

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Henry loves scary movies and is very disappointed in the latest movie about the zombie vampire werewolf.  He decides to make his own scary with a challenge from Margaret that his won't be as good as hers.  You'll also read about Henry going to Aunt Ruby's as well as how Henry behaves when he trades Peter for his grump cards and how Henry throws his own Olympic games. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend

Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend  

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In this collection of Horrid Henry stories, Horrid Henry finds Peter's journal and helps him fix it before Peter's supposed to read it in an assembly at school.  Henry also has a chance to win soccer tickets, he gets to go clothes shopping with his mom and a new student comes to school and Henry gets put in charge of him.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In these simple short stories, Horrid Henry tries to trick the tooth fairy, gets to be a ring bearer for his cousin's wedding, has Moody Margaret as a house guest for two weeks, and gets a new teacher at school.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman

Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In this collection of stories, Horrid Henry tries to win a snowman building contest so he can win ice cream for a year.  He also gets grounded from watching television and is sent to his room where he writes his will.  Henry likes Margaret’s idea of doing makeovers and decides to make some money doing his own.  And the last story is about when Horrid Henry gets to meet his favorite author. Continue reading