- Anne Fine, Illustrated by Mark Beech

HarperCollins Children’s Classics - Bill's New Frock (HarperCollins Children’s Classics)

By Anne Fine, Illustrated by Mark Beech
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A classic children’s story from one of our best-loved authors, former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine. This edition is illustrated throughout by Mark Beech and features special bonus material.

Bill Simpson wakes up to find he’s a girl – and his mother makes him wear a frilly pink dress to school. How on earth is he going to survive a whole day like this? Everything just seems to be different for girls …

Perfect for readers aged 7 years and up and fans of The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams.

Anne Fine’s fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years, winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award and Carnegie Medal along the way.

Author: Anne Fine
Format: Paperback
Ageband: 7 to 9
Release Date: 28 Aug 2025
Pages: 128
ISBN: 978-0-00-872671-3
Price: £7.99, £7.99 (Export Price) , €None
Anne Fine is one of Britain’s most distinguished writers for both adults and children. She has twice won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award, as well as the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Smarties Prize and numerous other regional and foreign awards. She has twice been voted Children’s Author of the Year. The BBC have screened adaptations of several of her books, and her novel Madame Doubtfire was transformed into an iconic Hollywood film starring Robin Williams.Anne was Children’s Laureate from 2001-3 and in 2003 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and awarded an OBE. Anne has two daughters and seven grandchildren, and lives in County Durham, UK

'Anne Fine is an author who knows how to make readers laugh' Guardian' -

'… a gem. Don't miss it' TES -

'Fine has a rare genius for building a funny, enriching and moving story around the nuts and bolts of school life' The Times -

'A remarkable writer' British Book News -