Mr Small - not so small any more! (Mr. Men Library: Mr.Small: A Big Day Out - Roger Hargreaves)

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Product:	Mr. Men Library: Mr.Small: A Big Day Out - Roger Hargreaves
Date:	12/07/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great series of books

Disadvantages: Not the best story in the series

Mr Small: A Big Day Out is the 2nd in the series of the New Library collection of books featuring Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men. The books are created by Roger's son Adam, who has continued his father's work.

Mr Small is, as you can guess, really small, and this story features him feeling sorry for himself because he is so small. One day, whilst on a walk, he wishes he was bigger, and happens to do so very near a wizard, who grants him the unintentional wish.

Mr Small then spends the rest of the day going around the other Mr Men, seeing if he is noisier than Mr Noisy, taller than Mr Tall, and stronger than Mr Strong. What will happen at the end of the day, though?...............

It's good addition to the collection. It's not the best though, with other tales being a bit more exciting than this one. Even so, there is one thing that is for sure, and that is the feel of the books. Adam has successfully recreated his father's style of artwork, ensuring that, whilst the text is easy to read and simple on one page, the opposite page contains rich and vibrant colours for the illustrations. The colours are warm and the contours curved as opposed to jagged and rough, giving a more relaxing feel to them. My 5 year old son likes these books, as I liked the originals when I was a child. OKay, okay, I still like them, now, too!

I find them very good reading tools when you're trying to encourage a 5 year old to practise his reading. The pictures and interesting stories help promote reading as he wants to find out what is going on, and I'll quite happily let him sit on the living floor and read through one of these until he's bored.

The books aren't too long, either. If I was to read an entire one as a bedtime story, for example, it would probably only take about 5 minutes, so they're short enough, and compact enough, to be very useful and not drag in their story.

So, although this particular story isn't the best out of the New Library mr Men books, it's still highly entertaining and I rate it very highly. Recommended.

Summary: The 2nd Mr Men New Library book