Mr. Happy - Roger Hargreaves

Mr Happy is a character in the Mr Men collection of books, which were written first by Roger Hargreaves and then later by his son Adam. The collection contains 46 stories with Mr Happy being number 3 and therefore written by Roger Hargreaves. Mr Happy is a round shaped character that is bright yellow in colour and therefore gives off a very sunny image that suits his name perfectly. Mr Happy also has the broadest smile you have ever seen. This picture of Mr Happy can be found on the front of the book, which is itself square and white. His name is then printed in bold block capitals above his head. Turning the book over you will find that the reverse holds ...

Number 3 in the Mr Men series created by Roger Hargreaves back in 1971 is Mr Happy. Hargreaves examines emotions and feelings in his books that are otherwise hard to tell what they look like, such as the first two, Mr Tickle and Mr Greedy. Mr Happy is round and yellow, with a beaming smile from ear to ear. The story tells of Mr Happy going for a walk and coming across someone who is exactly like him, only is completely unhappy. His name is Mr Miserable. Mr Happy then proceeds to show Mr Miserable how to be happy, and at the end, they both go away happy. The Mr Men books usually have a moral to the story, and this one shows how important it is to be ...

When I was younger, I always used to take Mr Men and Little Miss books into school for the teacher to read to the class at the end of the day. I'd passed them on to my silbings however, and recently stumbled across them when I was holidaying. I decided to give some a read, and opened up book numbe 3, 'Mr Happy'. The yellow circle that is Mr Happy always wears a huge smile across his face. Mr Happy meets somebody who looks exactly like himself, though this character has an 'upside down' smile, known as Mr Miserable. Mr Happy takes Mr Miserable back to his own home, where over time, Mr Miserable soon turns his sadness the other ways and smiled. In fact, he ...