Mr Men and Little Miss: Mr Birthday - Softcover

Hargreaves, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846462134 ISBN 13: 9781846462139

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, 2006

Synopsis

Mr Birthday loves to organise a party (he likes them so much he is never seen without his party hat on) and never forgets a birthday. That's why Mr Birthday is stumped when Mr Happy tells him not to forget the extra special birthday next week. Whose birthday could it be?

About this title

From the Author:

It all started with a tickle. Roger Hargreaves’ son Adam asked him what a tickle looked like. In response, Roger drew a small orange man with extraordinarily long arms that could reach anywhere and tickle anyone. The idea that a tickle could be a character in its own right sparked an idea in Roger’s mind. Roger was a successful copywriter but he wanted to do something that would enable him to work from home and spend more time with his four children. He wondered if he could make a living writing and illustrating children’s books so he wrote the first Mr Men titles: Mr Tickle, Mr Greedy, Mr Happy, Mr Nosey, Mr Sneeze and Mr Bump.

The books were an instant hit and Roger went on to create many more Mr Men and Little Miss characters. What Roger really wanted was to make children laugh. Mr Silly was his favourite Mr Men story and, according to his family, encapsulates his humour most closely. Sadly Roger passed away in 1988, but his son Adam took over the series, introducing new characters and exciting new adventures. Roger once said, ‘I feel very happy to think that when the Mr Men and Little Misses are 100 years old, their readers will always be five.’

About the Author:

Born in 1935 in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, Charles Roger Hargreaves is Britain’s third best-selling author of all time having sold more than 100 million books, including all the familiar Mr. Men and Little Miss characters. Roger Hargreaves followed a career in advertising before becoming an author and illustrator.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846462134
• ISBN 13: 9781846462139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32