Mr Birthday is a new addition to the Roger Hargreaves family of Mr Men. He is not part of the original series and only appears in the "added sparkle" series to commemorate 35 years of Mr Men (1971-2006). The book is still written by Adam Hargreaves as well as illustrated by him.
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Advantages: ANOTHER GREAT ADDITION Disadvantages: NONE
Mr Birthday is a new addition to the Roger Hargreaves family of Mr Men. He is not part of the original series and only appears in the "added sparkle" series to commemorate 35 years of Mr Men (1971-2006). The book is still written by Adam Hargreaves as well as illustrated by him.
As well as the title, the front cover shows Mr birthday with a cake in one hand and a balloon in the other. He is surrounded by balloons, which ... ...The back cover also has Mr birthday and Little Miss birthday standing on the 35th Anniversary banner. It also has a To and From with doted lined on the inside cover over the writing to fill in if this was to be a gift.
Mr birthday is a blue and square with a red round nose and always has his party hat on. He loves birthdays and always organises everyone's birthday parties. He makes sure that they are the best parties by ensuring that ... more
Mr Birthday is a new addition to the Roger Hargreaves family of Mr Men. He is not part of the original series and only appears in the "added sparkle" series to commemorate 35 years of Mr Men (1971-2006). The book is still written by Adam Hargreaves as well as illustrated by him.
As well as the title, the front cover shows Mr birthday with a cake in one hand and a balloon in the other. He is surrounded by balloons, which have sparkly glitter in them. The back cover shows other books in the same collection (this edition shows 10 but other titles show 14). The back cover also has Mr birthday and Little Miss birthday standing on the 35th Anniversary banner. It also has a To and From with doted lined on the inside cover over the writing to fill in if this was to be a gift.
Mr birthday is a blue and square with a red round nose and always has his party hat on. He loves birthdays and always organises everyone's birthday parties. He makes sure that they are the best parties by ensuring that it fits the person (eg: no balloon for Mr Jelly in case they pop and 2 cakes for Mr Greedy's party-one for the guests and one for him). So Mr Birthday is quite perplexed when he hears of the extra special birthday the week after. Everyone seems to know about it but him. Whose birthday could it be? Even Mr forgetful tries to remember to attend the party. Mr birthday will have to wait until Tuesday at 3 o'clock to find out. I will leave it here so as not to spoil the surprise if you haven't already guessed.
This book shows quite a few of the original Mr Men such as Mr Happy, Mr Greedy, Mr Bump and Mr Jelly to name a few. It combines the birthday element, which my son seems to love at the moment as well as a few of his favourites (a bit like guests stars). It is easy to read and has the usual format (writing on the left and pictures on the right) to stimulate involvement as well as being short enough to be enjoyed by both child and parent.
It is easy to hold and I have seen my son sitting down and going through the pages and narrating the story (in his own words). It seems that the Mr Men stories have stood the test of time and a younger generation can enjoy the old as well as the new stories.
I think that this is a nice addition worthy of the 35th year of the Mr Men stories and one that I am sure I will be reading over and over again in the future. Another winner in my books.
Advantages: Fun reading Disadvantages: Small writing
Mr Birthday is another character who starts in the new collection of Mr Men books with added sparkle. He is a square shape and blue in colour. He wears red shoes and a red and yellow stripy party hat.
The front cover of the book has a picture of Mr Birthday with balloons around him and the title in shiny blue letters above. The back cover of the book has smaller pictures showing a few of the other books available in the new 'added sparkle' collection.
... ...that the best thing Mr Birthday enjoys about birthdays is the parties that is why he always wears his party hat. It tells us that he likes to organise parties for everyone that he knows.
The story goes on to tell us about some of the parties he has organised and who they were for. Mr Birthday gets reminded about a very special birthday which is happening the following week and spend ages trying to work out whose birthday it is and why he had forgotten.
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sewbizzie 16.03.2008
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Advantages: Festive and fun book based on a classic Disadvantages: None
the story. The pictures can be found on the right hand pages and the text is on plain white pages on the left hand side of the book. The text is slightly on the small side which may put some children off from reading it by themselves but once they have done so a few times they will find this very easy. The story has also been written in nice and simple words which will make this a very easy book for them to read.
The book is part of the 'With added sparkle' collection and other titles in this collection include:-
Mr Jelly and the Pirates
Mr Christmas
MrBirthdayMr Happy and the Wizard
Mr Tickle and the Dragon
The book was written by RogerHargreaves and published by Egmont UK Limited. The retail price on the back of the book is £2.99, I am not sure what this book cost as it was a present from Great Grandma to the boys but she did ...
