Mr Men Marathon continues, now with book six and more bumps and scra[es than you can count here, as the injury prone title character bangs his way through this fun read. Ouch!!
The best of the Mr Men series in my opinion. Mr Bump was a huge hit with me, I was a clumsy kid and I felt his pain! My kids both loved this book too. Full of belly laughs - great fun!
Six year old says... I don't really like it [dad says, he's lying here. He loves it], but the funny bit is where Mr Bump walks into a lamp post.
Eleven year old (1) says... THE BEST DAMN BOOK EVER
Eleven year old (2) says... I feel sorry for Mr Bump because he cannot eat cheese.
Twelve year old says... Mr Bump could get a job as a dodgem.
Forty year old says... Don't think I can improve on 12yo's review, so I'll be honest. I love this book. Seriously. I love it. I read it as a bedtime book every night for over year when the twins were little and I never got bored. It's absolutely such a lovely story.
It’s incredible that these Roger Hargreaves books take us two sittings. I don’t remember them being this long when I was little! But Mr. Bump is a sweet story about finding the right job for you and keeping an easy going attitude about it. Already nervous about Oscar acting this one out.
Think I’m right in stating that as a boy I had all the pre-1990 Mr Men books with the possible exception of “Mr Snow”. Looking at all the covers apart from the latter jogged my memory.
Sadly I remember little about the stories now, despite reading them numerous times during my boyhood, plus watching the Mr Men cartoons more than once.
Reckon the last time I would’ve read these was 1983, though may have returned to them as late as 1985. Although I’ve forgotten almost everything about this title and all the others I feel that owing to the amount of times I read each publication that they all deserve to be rated five stars.
I’m grateful to Roger Hargreaves for brightening up my childhood with both his Mr Men and the Timbuctoo series of books.
Cute book. Decent moral imparted. The perfect job for you is based around your personality, which has been conveniently condensed into one word: bump. I quite like the way he looks, and the idea of not being deterred by failure. You’ll find your happy place which will celebrate whatever peculiarity kept you from other positions. For me, this place is also an apple orchard. I like the representation of the different jobs as all being important. Nice outing Mr. Man.
I absolutely loved these Mr Men and Little Miss books. I remember getting them from my granny every week. There was so much from these simple characters, I remember filling my little bookshelf with all these books making sure I had got them all in right order. I wish I still had these books but somehow most of them got lost with many house moves or my mum gave the rest away. If I ever have kids, I will make sure they get the chance to experience these wonderful, colourful books.
I enjoyed this book because it was funny. I also enjoyed this book because the funny part was he bumped a lot. I also enjoyed this book because I really liked that he bumped into the apple trees and got apples that way.