I have always been a big fan of the Mr Men and when I was younger delighted in the tales of this mad family of strange characters. Since I was a kid a myriad of new characters have been created, two of these being Little Miss Christmas and Mr Christmas, both appear to have been created with the term 'Christmas Spin-Off' in mind. We bought both books for our little one this Christmas and I have to say this is easily the weaker of the two books, telling the tale of Mr Christmas and his efforts to help his relative Father Christmas deliver presents to all of the Mr Men. While the drawings are as good as ever, the writing leaves a lot to be desired, it ...  Read the complete review

My son (almost 7) is a huge fan of the Mr Men series. On a recent outing to choose a new book he ended up choosing three from the Roger Hargreaves series (Mr Men and Little Miss books with added sparkle)!! I didn't mind too much as I love to encourage his interest in reading books and W H Smith had on a 3 for 2 offer so we got three books for £5.98). On to the one being reviewed here - Mr Christmas. The picture on the cover is the first thing to mention as it is particularly eyecatching due to the falling snow and snowy ground being heavily coated with sparkly silver glitter (always a winning material as far as young children are concerned) and ...  Read the complete review