MR. Worry (Mr. Worry - Roger Hargreaves)

Member Name: ILIKEMONEY

Product:	Mr. Worry - Roger Hargreaves
Date:	01/06/09 (95 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good book

Disadvantages: new price

If you have already read my previous MR Men reviews, then you will know that I am a massive fan of the MR. Men books, and so I have decided to write another review on the great series of children's books, so that hopefully some other people may buy them for their kids and the books will live on for generations to come.

MR. Worry is the 32nd MR. Men book, written by Roger Hargreaves. The book is written for young children but I think it appeals to people of all ages as it brings that sense of nostalgia to us older people (by older I mean not small children, I'm only 15).

The front cover of the book is white, and like the others, . It also has a picture of the MR. Men character on the front. In this case, it's MR. Worry. MR. Worry is a small blue man with a; round head, red nose and a wrinkly forehead (worry lines!). The title is printed at the top and on the back there are lots of small pictures of the other MR. Men books in the series.

On the spine of the book the number of the book is at the bottom and the rest of the spine is occupied with a seemingly random collection of black lines. These lines only make sense when all the MR. Men books are put together in order and then they spell out "My Mr. Men Library" and a picture of a worm is also drawn. I think this is really cool, and as I child I always wanted to collect all of the books, just to see if it worked.


-The story-

As the name suggests, MR. Worry worries a lot. If it rains he worries if his roof will leak and when it doesn't, whether is flowers will die. He went for a walk and saw MR. Bump, and worried about him hurting himself. later he met MR. Noisy, and worried about him loosing his voice, then he met MR. Greedy and worried about him eating too much and being sick.

He finally met a wizard who told him to go home and write down everything that worried him and he would make sure he never worried about them again. This made MR. Worry smile, for the first time that year.

So when he got home MR. Worry wrote down a massive list of everything that worried him and then went to bed. After " the best night's sleep he'd had in years" the wizard came to his house to collect the long list of things MR. Worry worried about. He then left telling MR. Worry, "nothing to worry about".

For the next week MR. Worry had nothing to worry about. Not a care in the world. But...The next Monday he woke up worried.

He was worried because he had nothing to worry about!


-My opinion-

Every second page in the book has an illustration, this is really good as it gives children an idea of what is happening in the story if they are trying to read it on there own. The text is a reasonable size, and does not have too much writing per page.

The story is short and concise so it makes perfect bedtime reading.

I love the pictures in the book as they are colourful and easy to see clearly what is being portrayed. They also add more depth to the story as you can see things that would be explained in more detail in large adult novels.

I still have all of my childhood Mr Men books as they were great as a child, and they are still great to me now! I cant imagine selling them, unless someone offered a substantial amount of money, then I couldn't possibly refuse (get your offers in).

-Other info-


On my copy of the book, the price is £1.25p, and I have others in my collection that are cheaper, but I have looked on the internet and it now retails for about £2.25

In my opinion £2.25 is a tad expensive for the book; I would think that £1.50 would be the most I would pay for a Mr. Men book.

Summary: awesome book