September 14, 2004
Expert Tuesday (Mr.Men & Little Miss Books) By Jillian Brewin
You might remember reading these books when you were younger?
The Mr.Men books were originally created by Roger Hargreaves in 1971, after
being asked by his son, "What does a tickle look like?".
Later on he wrote the Little Miss series.
Once in a used bookstore, i came across some Mr.Men and Little Miss that i
hadn't seen before. Even though i started with only a few from my childhood
i now have over 40.
The animation is simple. In fact the munchkins i take care of get the
meaning and read the books back to me with their own creative flair. Here
are some pictures that were drawn of the books.
Autumn age: 2 (it's Little Miss Tiny)
All of his books have personifying characteristics that you can relate to.
Since i work with kids we read them quit a bit. Many times i find myself
thinking how it always goes back to the things we learned early in life.
Such as share everything, say you're sorry when you hurt someone, play fair,
clean up after yourself ect.. We all know that wisdom didn't come from the
top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.
Take a look at this list..... Which Mr. Men (43 to choose from) or Little Miss (30 to choose from) are you?
And if you're looking for these classics you can always get them here.
I'm gonna say I'm Mr. Forgetful or Mr. Clever... I guess that would make me Mr. Forgelever. Oh and i did like these books growing up for sure!
Posted by: itzjerm at September 14, 2004 08:11 AMI guess I'm Mr. Talkative. . .or Mr. Pensive.
Posted by: Javann The Wonderful Friend at September 14, 2004 09:44 AMThere is no Mr. Pensive. What kind of kids books did you read?
Posted by: itzjerm at September 14, 2004 09:46 AMExactly
Posted by: Javann The Wonderful Friend at September 14, 2004 12:12 PMI remember asking Jillian once how she would discribe this brother she was interested in and she said "Mr Wonderful".........I don't remember ever reading that one to her.
Posted by: alicia at September 14, 2004 01:41 PMDoes Mr. Fussy look a little like Hitler? He probably prefers the other Mr. Men and Little Misses to be blonde haired and blue eyed.
But, I forgot all about these guys until today. I was pretty young but they are part of my early childhood development. Did they have a T.V. show? For some reason I remember them on T.V. not in books. Loved them though. But I'm probably Mr. Mischief.
If you ask my friends I am such that they would say I am Little Miss Bossy.
I liked that kid Autumn's drawing - she's going to go places I can tell
Posted by: Autumn at September 14, 2004 06:13 PMI'm Mr. Morose.
Posted by: Captian Jonathan!!! at September 14, 2004 10:22 PM