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Mr. Birthday - Roger Hargreaves |
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13/03/08 (146 review reads) |
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Advantages: GREAT READ, EASY AND ENTERTAINING
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 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.
ISBN : 1-4052-2334-0
First published in Great Britain by Egmont UK Ltd
Written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves
Also published on Ciao.
Summary: ANOTHER LOVELY MR MEN BOOK
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