You just can't beat the Mr Men Books!!!

[Sparkler]

I read a few of these to DDs 1 and 2 at bedtime tonight. Absolutely fantastic. I read them as a kid myself and think I probably enjoyed them just as much, if not more than, as my girls tonight. [smle]

[oxocube]

I quite enjoy Mr Men books in a bizarre kind of way but LOATHE Beatrix Potter with a passion. Strangely enough ds (6) and very into the most gory and bloody tales imaginable seems to really enjoy them They are so unbelievably dull and nothing EVER happens

[Blandmum]

You can't beat the Mr men books......for lighting a fire

loath them

[halogen]

I absolutely hate the Mr Men books. They're so badly written and the whole Little Miss thing makes me want to scream. What is wrong with Mrs or Miss or even Ms? My mum always refused to read them to us as kids and we thought she was incredibly mean but I totally see her point now. Someone gave my daughter some of them and even she is bored stiff by them (hoorah!) - although she does love bastard Spot the blardy dog so it's not all quality reading round here.

I shall also be refusing to read them to my daughter. This may sound mean but it made me very keen to learn to read so it's not all bad.

[pointydog]

apart from Mr greedy, I do not like them. They make me Mrs Bored

[lucy77]

I adore the original Mr Men books and so does my 2 year old ds. Some of the above comments are soooo harsh! They help children understand the meaning of words and feelings. The newer ones by Roger's son are not so good though, and don't get me started on the new Mr Men show cartoons - they're awful!

[WideWebWitch]

God, the new ones are TERRIBLE. And the older ones aren't much better, I think it's just nostalgia that makes us all remember them as so great.

[MissPaulaYates]

no no no sea!!!

you will be like Mr Uppity - when i achieve the heights of bookshop stardom SANS mr hargreaves

[Sparkler]

Yay! At last my moment of MN fame. LOL - Can't believe I've popped on here and found this thread still going.
Each to their own but I still say - MR MEN ROCK!!!!

[southeastastra]

you will lose lots of money then paula

[avenanap]

I love Mr Men. I have so many fond memories of them, I used to buy one for my ds once a week and I used to read them to him all the time. By the age of 2 he knew all of their names, Mr Tickle was the fist book he ever read. They are lovely.

[GodzillasPimplyBumcheek]

I agree - quite boring to read, except Mr Nosey, Mr Chatterbox, Mr Noisy, Mr Mischief, and Little Miss Bossy. And Mr Tickle, Mr Happy, Mr Tall, Little Miss Splendid...oh God, somebody please stop me...

[MissPaulaYates]

sorry but i think mr men books are the pits

my dream is to open an independant childrens book shop

i will not stock those sorry items

[bozza]

DS and DH are keener than I am. But DS has been well able to read them to himself for a couple of years now. And he has his favourites. DD also likes the Litte Misses.

[Sidge]

I don't mind the older Mr Men books, but the newer ones and the Little Miss ones are crap.

And I detest Beatrix Potter. Awful awful books.

[chipmonkey]

The ds's loved them but I hate reading them!
Luckily we all love Dr Seuss!

[JackieNo]

The DCs quite like them. I quite like the fact that there are some 'long' words in them that I suspect these days authors might not put in books aimed at that age group. But they can be a PITA if you have to read more than one, maybe two, in a sitting.

[wrinklytum]

DS loves them.I find them a bit tedious to read,apart from Mr Tickle,as it gives me a good excuse for a ticklefest with ds

[southeastastra]

and it is the one book he will attempt to read so i am eternally grateful.

[ViolentFemme]

Blimey when I clicked on this link I had no idea how bad the reaction would be to Mr Men books. I loved them as a child and i look forward to reading them to my ds.

But then I would read anything when I was wee. Back of shampoo bottles, Yellow Pages, my gran's People's Friend.

[southeastastra]

oh you snobs, they're great. my son now knows not to behave like mr uppity

[GrinningSoul]

I have always loathed Beatrix Potter, as a kid and as an adult. Bizarre, non-sensical stories, though so tempting to look at and so beautifully illustrated. I'm not a duffer though, promise. i loved Mr Men books and TV as a kid, (am over 40) but my dd(4) has the little miss series and it literally seems as though SOME of them have been scribbled off by the recalcitrant child of a daily mail writer.

[mrsgboring]

We like the Mr Men books fine enough. They are jolly, albeit samey. I think the concept is great and they look lovely.

Later ones are far less good though and "Little Miss" sticks in my throat.

We read plenty of other finer things too.

[robinpud]

I hate them .. I always remember Victoria Wood saying that you could walk past and bump a keyboard with your arse and find you'd accidentally written a Mr Men book.

[needtoasksomething]

Wow, i'm surprised they are so disliked! I havent got them but was thinking of getting some to read to DS (he is 2)... he is my first child so all i am going on is things i remember from when i was young..
Any other recommendations instead??
We already have hungry caterpillar, grufallo, miffy books etc

[MilaMae]

I agree Sparkler I think they're fantastic. My lot 4 and 3 read masses of lovely quality books (I was a literacy co-ordinator in my pre-kids life so I'm kind of addicted to kids books).

I think if all you read are Mr Men books then yes your dc would miss out on all the other diff types of illustrations, text etc. However if you read a varied amount of literature to your dc they are brilliant.

My kids love the humour, characterisation and the simple illustrations. When they're stroppy they say " I'm being Mr Grumpy aren't I". Their latest thing is to play with language like Mr Topsy Turvy and have made up some phrases of their own. Considering how young they are I'm mighty impressed a tiny book like that can encourage such a complex play with language.

One of my twins is collecting them with his money box money. I bought him Mr Muddle as a suprise and the joy on his face was a picture!!!!!!!

They are a lovely size and price and any literature that gets kids excited and is affordable is fab in my opinion. I'm detecting perhaps a tiny bit of snobbery in some of the other posts. I do have to agree however that reading more than 2 in 1 sitting can be a tad tedious for the grown up doing the reading. I think this is due to there being soooooooo many of them and they are all quite similar in layout and content.