Little Miss Classic Library: Little Miss Magic - Roger Hargreaves

Little Miss Magic is the 9th Little Miss book. Roger Hargreaves created the Mr Men in 1971. Ten years later, he created the Little Misses as well, off the back of the success of the Mr Men. They are lovely books, which I enjoyed when I was a kid. My son prefers the Mr Men books as he can relate to them more being a male, but they're still very good. Little Miss Magic is small and a mix of orange and brown colours, with an innocent green bow on her head. In the story, she uses magic for pretty much everything: cleaning her teeth, getting dressed, making her breakfast, and she uses her magic to open the door when someone knocks on it. Mr Happy has come to see ...

In my new quest to re-read all off my Little Miss and Mr Men stories the book I am about to review was the latest one I picked up. Before I begin however I'll introduce you to the collection as a whole. Both the Mr Men and Little Miss collections of books have been firm favourites with children for many years. Originally written by Roger Hargreaves his son Adam now writes them and at the present moment the Mr Men series contains 46 books and the Little Miss series contains 33 books. It isn't however just the books that have brought them to fame as their image is now far greater than that. These loveable characters can be found on duvet covers and curtains, ...