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. ( )

Mr. Sneeze is a story about Mr. Sneeze himself who lives in Coldland and constantly sneezes, until he finally discovers the wise old wizard. The layout consists of text on the left page and a picture on the right page on every bifold of the book. This is a great early reader and part of the bigger Mr. Men and Little Miss series which is a series of books composed in similar styles. I recommend the book for collections for children ages 2 - 8. While younger kids may have to be read to, the text can be summarized and the pictures tell a story by itself. ( )