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Bill's New Frock

By Anne Fine
Series: HarperCollins Children’s Classics
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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's New Frock tells the tale of Bill Simpson, who wakes up to find he's a girl—and his... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Bill's New Frock

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.

A classic edition of Anne Fine’s funny school story, new for 2025!

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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's New Frock tells the tale of Bill Simpson, who wakes up to find he's a girl—and his mother insists he 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.

Series: HarperCollins Children’s Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008726713

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Farshore

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Mark Beech

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 128

Collections

Anne Fine Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: HarperCollins Children’s Classics Young Adult

About the Author

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.

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