Its really good to read and remember to not let go of a rope with the floaty if someone is in side

Mr. Jelly, totally out of character pace his own book, meets pirates and is frightened.

Mr Jelly was a very nervous person but one day he plucked up courage and went on holiday. Mr Lazy persuaded him to get in a dinghy and enjoy the sea. When Mr Lazy fell asleep he let go of the rope that was holding Mr Jelly close to the shore and Mr Jelly drifted out to sea. Landing on a desert island he was taken by pirates to their ship! When he’s too nervous to do anything they eventually take him back to shore.
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An allegory for the paranoia of our times? A simple tale for kids?

Maybe a mixture of both.

Mr Jelly plucks up the courage to travel to the seaside, in the face of his fear of everything. Is there a phobia for everything? Something to Google later.

In the real world is this exploring our fear of travel post 9/11?

Mr Lazy offering to help safeguard Mr Jelly seems nonsensical, but in this parallel story does Mr Lazy represent the Security Services? Seemingly lazing around rather than preventing further atrocities...

Mr Jelly's paranoia eventually rubs off on everyone, causing chaos.

A message for our times: don't overreact?

My kids liked it, although they couldn't fathom how such ineffectual pirates existed!

What's not to love?

Mr Jelly returns in a book written by the son of RH and it is just not the same really.
It lacks something, and pirates, what century is this in?
Pirates on boats going arrrgh? And dumb pirates at that.
And the ending was fairly ordinary as well.
I don't mind new Mr Men books so much, but I reckon write new men folk, - it is only limited by your imagination, and there is clearly some there with AH.

Yeah, it’s OK, but nothing special. A nice succinct and decent story.
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I bought this at a bookstore on a day trip to NYC, because my boys love the Mr. Men books so much. They like them a lot more than I do, but I get a kick out of seeing them excited about them.

When Mr. Jelly gets abducted by pirates during his seaside vacation, his nervousness wears off on them.

Yarr, me hearties. This be fun.

This one is really funny - it's one of those books, where you can do a whole load of voices. Mr Jelly's "Help, help!" - and then he fainted, really tickles the kids. And I think if I remember correctly he also says "Help, help, - I'm going to be sick" - and then he fainted.

It's kind of serious and funny at the same time. Mr Jelly lies on the beach - too scared to go in the water - his friend persuades him to try out a little dingy boat and he will hold the rope . . . this small friend is in some serious S**T. Mr Jelly's little dinghy floats away and he almost drowns in a huge storm but thankfully he is rescued by - Pirates!

On board the pirate ship he must climb the rigging to help with the sails, but - he faints. The pirates start to consider how dangerous this is - and so on and so forth until the captain ends up with a crew who are too scared to rub the decks or hammer a nail etc. Mr Jelly has to walk the plank!

But the point is he survives everything and makes his way home - no harm done.

Leo and I loved it.

A really fun book, with plenty of interesting vocabulary items and cute illustrations.