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Mr. Men #44
Mr. Cheerful
Mr. Cheerful walks through life with a smile on his face, but he’s got a less-than-cheerful secret to hide.
No collection is complete without the latest adorable additions to the ever-popular, always brimming with personality Mr. Men and Little Miss family. Over 150 million copies sold worldwide!
No collection is complete without the latest adorable additions to the ever-popular, always brimming with personality Mr. Men and Little Miss family. Over 150 million copies sold worldwide!
32 pages, Paperback
Published April 15, 2002
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Roger Hargreaves
1,197 books345 followersRoger Hargreaves was a British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He created the Mr. Men series, Little Miss series and Timbuctoo series, intended for young readers. The simple and humorous stories, with bold, brightly coloured illustrations, have sales of more than 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages.
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February 18, 2020
Little Miss Splendid and Mr. Funny make an appearance in this story. Mr Cheerful is always smiling. There is one thing that makes him sad and it’s under his hat. Well, of course Little Miss Splendid has to dig this out and make it an issue to resolve. Mr. Cheerful only has 3 hairs on his head and that makes him sad. The people in the story tell him they love his smile and 3 hairs don’t matter.
I like Mr. Cheerful and he is a character I would like to hang out with. His cheeriness is infectious. There are no wizards in the story and it makes for a good story.
The nephew is less into these books these days than he used to be a year ago, but he still enjoys reading the Mr Men. He was glad Mr Funny showed up. He likes Mr Funny. He didn’t like Little Miss Splendid and she booed him. I tend to agree with him. (He told me I’m like her and I like to spoil the fun. Oh dear) He gave this 3 stars.
I like Mr. Cheerful and he is a character I would like to hang out with. His cheeriness is infectious. There are no wizards in the story and it makes for a good story.
The nephew is less into these books these days than he used to be a year ago, but he still enjoys reading the Mr Men. He was glad Mr Funny showed up. He likes Mr Funny. He didn’t like Little Miss Splendid and she booed him. I tend to agree with him. (He told me I’m like her and I like to spoil the fun. Oh dear) He gave this 3 stars.
November 16, 2020
Mr. Cheerful is so cute!! It's hard not to smile the while time reading this short book! And his secret he's embarrassed about is even cuter! :)
May 22, 2020
Another enjoyable family reading time with my granddaughter. 🥰
May 10, 2010
Whilst this is a fun read, it didn't capture my children's imagination in a big way. This may be because they have no experience of male pattern baldness, or have yet to attain that age where they become overly self aware.
There is a lovely message behind the story, just be happy being yourself, and don't assume others will judge you as harshly as you do yourself. However in the real world there are a lot of people who will do just that, and kids need to realise that too....
There is a lovely message behind the story, just be happy being yourself, and don't assume others will judge you as harshly as you do yourself. However in the real world there are a lot of people who will do just that, and kids need to realise that too....
September 28, 2015
Ah, Mr Men and Little Miss, how wonderful you are!
These books made up so much of my childhood. No matter what I would go ahead and pick one up. I worked my way through them all a couple of times. Each one has a wonderful story for the child to engage with, each character being fun to read.
Everyone has a bias for their favourite character, yet every book is delightful.
These books made up so much of my childhood. No matter what I would go ahead and pick one up. I worked my way through them all a couple of times. Each one has a wonderful story for the child to engage with, each character being fun to read.
Everyone has a bias for their favourite character, yet every book is delightful.
February 17, 2018
“Why, it’s your bright sunny smile that everybody loves, not how many hairs you have on your head!” A good reminder to be less contentious of our physical faults and instead cultivate our inner beauty.
February 23, 2020
A delightful one in the series.
June 11, 2022
3.5 stars
September 6, 2024
Little Miss Splendid has some old fashioned ideals I think
February 12, 2020
Oh this one’s about balding issue. No matter how cheerful, we would prefer to have more than 3 strands of hair. Well, he bump into Little Miss Splendid who taught him to look beyond those 3 strands of hair and he did.
January 4, 2020
Oh this book reminded me so much of my brother. He was practically bald and always smiling and cheerful and felt very embarrassed without his hat. How I miss him x
August 18, 2013
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.
April 20, 2015
Synopsis: "Mr. Cheerful walks through life with a smile on his face, but he’s got a less-than-cheerful secret to hide."
My Review: This was a good Mr. Men book, it wasn't overly long or boring for Munchkin, he manage to pay attention throughout. I don't know if he actually absorbed the lesson, but he is still young. We did however enjoy learning about smiling and being polite with the help of Mr. Cheerful.
My Review: This was a good Mr. Men book, it wasn't overly long or boring for Munchkin, he manage to pay attention throughout. I don't know if he actually absorbed the lesson, but he is still young. We did however enjoy learning about smiling and being polite with the help of Mr. Cheerful.
April 29, 2019
Over and over and over again.... I read these stories to my first daughter and then to my second daughter.
They loved them... they laughed... i love my daughters... i laughed with them....that was more than enough for me.
They loved them... they laughed... i love my daughters... i laughed with them....that was more than enough for me.
January 2, 2019
Book 43 of the Mr Men series, and the 44th I have read, and it is Mr Cheerful, and really Mr Men in general would make anyone Mr Cheerful after reading the ridiculous plots and little drawings. It is all good fun, and never takes itself too seriously/ Oj Mr Men - you've done it again!
April 23, 2008
Fun read-aloud series - with a moral.
August 23, 2010
I really like this book, funny entertaining and makes me curious, easy and meaningful, I love this book
October 8, 2011
Yes, I read all of these as a kid. I'll be here all day folks
July 13, 2013
"hats-off to Mr. Cheerful"
^_^ so lovely and nice one.
^_^ so lovely and nice one.
January 21, 2015
Really funny!
January 1, 2017
I enjoyed this book because I like being cheerful. I also enjoyed this book because Mr. Cheerful was very cheerful.
May 10, 2019
Cheerful story with a slightly sad secret. But fabulous illustrations give it a lift.
June 14, 2019
Yeah!!!!!!!!!😅😅😅😅🤣🤣😎
March 1, 2020
Mr. Cheerful is always cheerful, but he has a secret that makes him sad.
Mr. Cheerful only has three little hairs on top of his head, and he hides his baldness under his hat. Then one day his deep dark secret is revealed when Little Miss Splendid insists that he take his hat off to her.
She soothes his obvious shame and embarrassment by saying that no one else in Misterland cares how many hairs he has on his head. What they love about Mr. Cheerful is his bright sunny smile. This cheers up Mr. Cheerful, and he stops being self-conscious about it.
This story depicts the very relatable phenomenon of someone being incredibly self-conscious about a physical flaw. It also shows how others may not even notice this flaw or perceive it to a much lesser degree.
Mr. Cheerful only has three little hairs on top of his head, and he hides his baldness under his hat. Then one day his deep dark secret is revealed when Little Miss Splendid insists that he take his hat off to her.
She soothes his obvious shame and embarrassment by saying that no one else in Misterland cares how many hairs he has on his head. What they love about Mr. Cheerful is his bright sunny smile. This cheers up Mr. Cheerful, and he stops being self-conscious about it.
This story depicts the very relatable phenomenon of someone being incredibly self-conscious about a physical flaw. It also shows how others may not even notice this flaw or perceive it to a much lesser degree.
April 21, 2019
Grade: Preschool-2nd
Modern Fantasy
I love the Mr. and Mrs. books by Roger Hargreaves. I think kids can relate to the characters and lessons can be learned from these books.
Modern Fantasy
I love the Mr. and Mrs. books by Roger Hargreaves. I think kids can relate to the characters and lessons can be learned from these books.
March 6, 2020
6 year old says... Daaaaad, I'm too tired to write a review tonight
40 year old says... Me too squishy, me too
40 year old says... Me too squishy, me too
July 6, 2020
What an awful secret he kept under his hat, poor bugger!
December 1, 2020
This is my daughter’s favorite book. She loves finding Mr. Cheerful’s yellow nose on every page.
January 25, 2021
This book was great too thank you so much thanks again too for thanks
February 7, 2021
Nostalgic for me and funny for the kids.
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