Bill's New Frock (HarperCollins Childrens Classics)
By (Author) Anne Fine
Illustrated by Mark Beech
HarperCollins Publishers
Farshore
25th November 2025
28th August 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
823.92
Paperback
128
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 8mm
270g
A classic childrens story from one of our best-loved authors, former Childrens Laureate Anne Fine. This edition is illustrated throughout by Mark Beech and features special bonus material.
Bill Simpson wakes up to find hes 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 Fines 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.
'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
An acclaimed and award-winning author of books for both adults and children, Anne Fine was the second Waterstones Children's Laureate holding the post from 2001 to 2003. Fine began writing in the 1970's and since then has written more than seventy books for children of all ages as well as novels for adults. Amongst her best-known works are Goggle-Eyes, which won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the coveted Carnegie Medal, Flour Babies, which also won the Carnegie, Madame Doubtfire, later adapted into the hit children's film Mrs Doubtfire, and Bill's New Frock. In 2003 Anne Fine was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE.