Mr. Happy - Roger Hargreaves

Mr Happy - one of the earliest books I ever remember reading as a child. I remember collecting most of the Mr Men books, but for some reason this one always sticks out in my memory. Mr Happy lives in Happyland, and doesn't know sadness until he meets Mr Miserable. Mr Happy befriends his unhappy companion, and before long a remarkable transformation begins to come over Mr Miserable... I guess it's because it's such a simple formula for a story, and, in the usual Mr Men style, it has a simple message to it. The illustrations, alongside the wonderful words, make it hard not to smile when reading this book. Whatever is going on in your ...  Read the complete review

I was very surprised the other day when cleaning through some old junk in preparation for university. Amongst all the rubbish was none other than 'Mr Happy', the third book in the original Mr Men collection. The wonderful Roger Hargreaves was responsible for the Mr Men [and later Little Miss] series, writing and illustrating each of the books in the series. Released back in 1971, Mr Happy tells the story of the title character, a rather round and plump individual who is yellow in colour and wears an enormous smile upon his face. The picture on the front of the book to me appears almost smug... The book is 41 pages long and is a simple rectangular ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review