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Advantages: Great read for all. A timeless classic
Disadvantages: none whatsoever

Mr Tickle is the first and original Mr Men, which appeared in 1971. He was to be the first in a long line of short stories produced by Roger Hargreaves and later, on his son Adam. His appeal has not faded throughout the years and he is still a favourite. My son was drawn to this book and it started the Mr Men and Little Miss frenzy now happening in our house. Mr Tickle is a small round orange being with extraordinarily long arms that stretch and ...
...on the cover of this book with a very wide smile and lifting his little blue hat as if to say hello. The story starts with Mr Tickle asleep in his house on the other side of the woods. He woke up after laughing out loud in his sleep and felt hungry. He decides to stretch his extraordinary long arms to reach into the downstairs kitchen and took a biscuit to bring back up to bed with him. Now he is looking forward to the day ahead and decides that ... Read review

Advantages: Great fun story from the Mr Men collection
Disadvantages: Small writing

Mr Tickle and the Dragon is a new range of Mr Men and Little Miss books which have 'added sparkle' Mr Tickle is a circle shape with very long skinny arms and he is orange in colour and wears a small blue hat. THE STORY The story begins with Mr Tickle returning to his home after a good day of tickling people to find that his house has been burnt down. He finds out that Mr Funny's car house and also Mr Clever's house has also been burnt down so ...
...bright red glow. Mr Tickle suddenly feels less brave and decides to wait until the morning to go to the cave so he wraps his arms around himself and curls up under a bush to fall to sleep. Mr Tickle is woken by the shaking of the bush and shouts to ask who is there. Who is it that has woken Mr Tickle and who was it that burnt down the houses? MY OPINION We have found this book a great addition to our Mr Men collection and the boys thoroughly ... Read review

Advantages: Fun short story
Disadvantages: small writing

Mr Rude is number 45 in the Mr Men collection. He is a round shaped character and wears a black top hat. The cover of the book is white and has a picture of Mr Rude and the title in black letters above. The back cover of the book has smaller pictures of the other characters in the collection. THE STORY The book starts by telling us about Mr Rude, he is a very very rude man. He is so rude that if he met someone with a big nose he would tell them ...
...met someone who was overweight he shouted fatty to them and told her that she was not supposed to eat the food and the fridge as well. When he is out in his car he shouts rude things to people out of his window. Nobody liked Mr Rude. On day Mr Rude was out when he met Little Miss Tiny as he nearly trod on her. Little Miss Tiny was very polite and said good morning to him and he replied by saying how small she was and called her a squirt. Little ... Read review

Advantages: Fun story
Disadvantages: small writing

Mr Nosey is number 4 in the Mr Men collection, he is a semi circle shape with a very large nose and is green in colour. The cover of the book is white with a picture of Mr Nosey and the title above in black lettering. The back cover of the book is also white and has small pictures showing the other characters available in the collection. THE STORY The book begins by telling us about Mr Nosey, he liked to know everything that was going on. Mr Nosey ...
...he is the sort of person who if he stumbles upon a locked door he has to look through the keyhole to see why it has been locked. He was also so nosey that if he found an unopened letter addressed to someone else he would have to open it and read it. Mr Nosey is not a very popular person as nobody likes the way he is always peeking and prying. He lives in Tiddletown where the people had decided that he had become too nosey and they decided that it ... Read review