Mr Men Books
Mr. Men is a series of 46 books for children which were written by Roger Hargreaves and later by his son Adam Hargreaves.
Each book introduces a different character with a dominant trait. The books are short and easy to follow. They have bold illustrations that kids love. The vocabulary is excellent and most books convey a moral lesson which makes them a great choice for kids.
The Mr Men Books are sold all over the world in 22 languages!
In April 2004, Chorion (a UK entertainment group) bought the rights to the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters.
Mr Tickle tickles everyone he meets in town including a teacher, a policeman, a greengrocer and postman. Mr Tickle’s arms are so long that he can tickle you without even moving his body. In fact, the teacher didn’t even see Mr Tickle tickle him! Mr. Tickle’s arms are so long that he can lie in bed while his arms go to the kitchen to make breakfast! Mr. Tickle was published in 1971 and it was the first book of the Mr Men Books to be published.
Mr. Greedy is a pink, pear-shaped character. He is very greedy and eats everything he can. One day, he tried to eat a giant’s food without permission. The giant made him eat all the food on the plate. After that Mr Greedy felt very sick and finally learnt a lesson. Mr. Greedy was published in 1971 and it was the second book of the Mr Men Books to be published.
Mr Happy lives in a country called Happyland. Everybody who lives in Happyland is happy even the flowers and animals. Mr. Happy is always happy and wants everyone else to be happy too. When he met Mr. Miserable, who looks identical to Mr. Happy but is not at all happy, he teaches him how to smile and be happy. Mr. Happy was published in 1971 and was the third book of the Mr Men Books to be published.
Mr. Nosey is a green character with a long nose. He lives in Tiddletown and is constantly snooping around in other people’s business. As he does this his long nose gives him away. One day the people of Tiddletown decided that they were going to get him to stop snooping around and so they did by hurting his long nose each time he started snooping. As you can imagine he changed and stopped snooping! Mr. Nosey was published in 1971 and was the fourth book of the Mr Men Books to be published.
Mr Sneeze lives in Shivertown which is the capital of Coldland. As you can imagine, it is very cold in Coldland. Everyone has a red nose all year. Mr. Sneeze was published in 1971 and was the fifth book of the Mr Men Books to be published.
Mr. Bump is very accident-prone and bumps into anything and everything in his way. This problem causes him to lose many jobs. Eventually, Mr. Barley the farmer finds the perfect job for Mr. Bump. All Mr. Bump needs to do is to walk around Mr. Barley’s apple orchard. Mr. Bump keeps bumping into the trees and all the apples fall off as a result! Mr. Bump was published in 1971 and was the sixth book of the Mr. Men Books to be published.
One Christmas Father Christmas could not get all the presents to the children on time. In order to solve the problem he brought Mr. Snow, the snowman, to life. Mr. Snow helped Father Christmas out and together they got all the children their presents on time. Mr. Snow was published in 1971 and was the seventh book of the Mr. Men Books to be published.
Mr. Messy looks a mess and so does his house. Mr. Neat and Mr. Tidy decide to help him out and get his house in order. They cleaned his house until you could not recognize it. They then turned their efforts to Mr Messy and got him to finally take a bath! By the time they were done Mr. Messy commented that he was going to have to change his name! Mr. Messy was published in 1972 and was the eighth book of the Mr. Men Books to be published.