Mr Men: The Complete Collection

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Messy appears under the titles Monsieur Sale (French), Don Lioso (Spanish), Meneertje Knoeipot/ Meneertje Sloddervos (Dutch), Ο Κύριος Τσαπατσούλης (Greek), 邋遢先生 (Taiwan), 너절씨 (Korean), Mr. The Mr Men and Little Miss are the perfect characters to help children understand a bit more about their own emotions and how to manage them. The books' simple stories, with brightly coloured, boldly drawn illustrations, have sold over 100 million copies worldwide across 28 countries.

Men and Little Miss series introduced a different title character and his/her single dominant personality trait to convey a simple moral lesson. Men, and he meets a wizard who suggests he make a list of all his worries and the wizard will make sure none of them happen. Man with a black hat, a rounded triangle body, a dark red nose, he also has a French accent (alluding to the stereotype that the French are rude people) and, as his name suggests, is rude to everyone. Men and Little Miss books, this book was made and published by somebody other than Roger Hargreaves. The short and silly Mr Men stories help kids understand their emotions and all have the moral that nobody’s perfect.

not to be confused with the Beatles' song of the same name, which has a comma and no exclamation marks). Mean rejects helping them, a spell is placed on a part of his body, such as his nose turning into a carrot, and his ears turning into tomatoes. The series has been making parents and children laugh since it was created by author and illustrator Roger Hargreaves in 1971.

Topsy-Turvy appears under the titles Monsieur A L'Envers (French), Don Alreves (Spanish), Unser Herr Kuddelmuddel (German), 顛倒先生 (Taiwan), 거꿀씨 (Korean), Mr.Mr Happy decides to try and help his invisible new friend, and rid him of his misery - but is this possible? In the 1980s, Roger Hargreaves began the Little Miss series with 'Little Miss Bossy', and he produced 21 characters and books. Sensitive and engaging, full of bright, gorgeous illustrations, these books are a wonderful tool to read with your child at any time, in particular if they are struggling with these emotions or behaviours. Topsy-Turvy originated from a competition run by Roger Hargreaves to find a new Mr Men character and was an idea by Marc Penfold who created Mr. Happy asks him why he lives in a tree, his answer is: "I tried living on the ground, but it was too high up, so I moved to a tree to be nearer the ground".