Poor Mr Bump!

Finding One's Calling
1 July 2017

tIt has been a little while since I have read a Mr Men book so I decided that it would be time to rectify that situation. Well, since they are such short books getting time to read them isn’t a problem, it more has to do with getting time to write a review on them afterwards. Also, I’m not too keen on flooding people’s Goodreads feed with reviews of Mr Men books (though it isn’t as if there is an unlimited number of them), so I’ve decided to try and space them out a bit, or I happen to be somewhere that isn’t my study so I can write a review on a book that doesn’t take too long to read (I just hope I remember to take some with me the next time I go traveling).

tMr Bump is a little clumsy. Well, probably not clumsy in the sense that he keeps on dropping things but rather that his co-ordination is a little off – he keeps on bumping into things, tripping up, and causing things to smash. For instance, when he tries to fix something on his roof (which from the getgo sounds like an incredibly bad idea) he ends up breaking a bunch of windows (which means that he has then got to go around and look for the means of repairing them without actually breaking anything else).

tAs it turns out, the story is about how Mr Bump tries to find his place in society. The problem with being the way he is is that there are lots of jobs he can’t do. For instance he tries being a bus conductor but he falls off, the bus disappears, and all of the passengers get a free ride. So he does what any self-respecting person does in this situation – he goes on a holiday to find himself. Well, that doesn’t seem to work out, but he does end up with suitable job in the end, so everybody is happy.

tI still don’t know how he ended up getting those windows repaired (or why he didn’t fall off the roof when he was repairing the chimney).

Very good story, poor Mr. Bump, bad luck he suffered but he didn't cried over the incidents that happened, he thought very wise and the result was wonderful. I like it ^_^

So, the artwork is decent and whimsical, but the story itself is pants. Is Hargreaves trying to bore his target audience or right a self-help book or just encourage people to bruise apples during picking? The constant and often poor use of “for instance” throughout the as also horrifically annoying.

Another twisted Mr Men tale, innocent on the surface, but with a menacing subtext.

I think we all know someone like Mr Bump - an accident prone disaster waiting to happen. Sometimes their misfortunes can be amusing, as Mr Bump's ladder incident proves: my kids thought it was hilarious.

However the exploitation of minorities is not to be lauded or laughed at. Mr bump is hounded from job to job due to simple mistakes in most cases. A reasonable boss would cut him some slack and provide further on the job training. Would we find gang masters rounding up illegal immigrants to work at picking apples from Mr Farmer's orchard? I think not.

I read this to my sister when she was little it remains to this day her fav Mr Men book. A rake of tripping over thin air for that certain child

honestly I made an account just for this book, I just love this book and I really wanted more people to know. me and my children love reading this book and all the mr men books

Yes, I read all of these as a kid. I'll be here all day folks

Cette série de livres pour enfants est un vrai régal

What a great book

Mr. Bump is lots of fun, and gets stumblied all of the time, just like a big silly goslie I know. ;)

It was lots of fun reading through Mr. Bump with Lance! <3

Poor Mr. Bump, he's just like me, always injuring himself.