Mr. Greedy - Roger Hargreaves

Mr. Greedy - Roger Hargreaves: Mr Greedy (590 words)
by sewbizzie - written on 15.05.08 (Very useful, 134 readings)
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Mr Greedy is number 2 in the Mr Man collection. He is a rounded shape and has a very large tummy. He is a bright pink colour. The cover of the book is white and has a picture of Mr Greedy and the title above this in black lettering. The back cover of the book is also white and has smaller picture of the other characters available in the collection. THE STORY The book begins by telling us that Mr Greedy loved to eat, but the problem is that the more he ate the fatter he became and then the more hungry he would become and so he still ate more. He lives in a house which they describe as a roly-poly sort of house, very much like Mr Greedy. ...

MR GREEDY LEARNS HIS LESSON (559 words)
by catsy - written on 15.02.08 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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Mr Men books have been around since 1971 when Roger Hargreaves published the first of the series: Mr Tickle. The Little Miss series subsequently appeared in 1981 and both series of books have been growing ever since. They have been so popular that his son Adam continued his work beyond his death in 1988 and the rights to the books were sold in 2004 for a staggering £28 million. Mr Greedy is the second outing of the original series of Mr Men. Mr Greedy lives in aptly named Fatland in a roly poly house and he is a pink happy chap with a rather large tummy. He lives for food and dreams of it and lives for it. We see Mr Greedy eating a huge ...