Mr. Men Sports Day - Softcover

Roger Hargreaves

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859850641 ISBN 13: 9780859850643

Publisher: Thurman Publishing, 1977

Synopsis

There's going to be a sports day in Nonsenseland and all the Mr. Men are invited, but will it be what they are expecting?

About this title

About the Author:

It all started with a tickle. Roger Hargreaves' son Adam asked him what a tickle looked like. In response, Roger drew a small orange man with extraordinarily long arms that could reach anywhere and tickle anyone. The idea that a tickle could be a character in its own right sparked an idea in Roger's mind. Roger was a successful copywriter but he wanted to do something that would enable him to work from home and spend more time with his four children. He wondered if he could make a living writing and illustrating children's books so he wrote the first Mr Men titles: Mr Tickle, Mr Greedy, Mr Happy, Mr Nosey, Mr Sneeze and Mr Bump. The books were an instant hit and Roger went on to create many more Mr Men and Little Miss characters. What Roger really wanted was to make children laugh. Mr Silly was his favourite Mr Men story and, according to his family, encapsulates his humour most closely. Sadly Roger passed away in 1988, but his son Adam took over the series, introducing new characters and exciting new adventures. Roger once said, `I feel very happy to think that when the Mr Men and Little Misses are 100 years old, their readers will always be five.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Thurman Publishing
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0859850641
• ISBN 13: 9780859850643
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40