{"id":5656,"date":"2022-06-03T12:05:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T12:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5656"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:42:23","slug":"wahoo-massive-mr-men-windfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5656","title":{"rendered":"BOOKS: Wahoo! Massive Mr Men Windfall!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fifty lovely little books.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yesterday I bought this handsome set from a Facebook seller locally. We were on our way to Anglesey Abbey, for a lunchtime picnic. That didn\u2019t work out, for reasons I\u2019ll cover in another separate post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But en route we stopped over at an address in Chatteris, and I bought this delightful set of Mr Men books for a tenner. A tenner!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each individual book is \u00a32.50. Fifty at that price translates to \u00a3125 in total. I fully expected that the boxed set would – obviously, surely? – be somewhat cheaper. After all, you want to make the bulk buy attractive, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The entire series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What? No bulk buy discount!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So I was surprised to see that this set has, printed on the reverse of the hard-case, the full \u00a3125 asking price! This makes the tenner I paid even sweeter. And the condition of the set is immaculate. Brand new in all but name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t have kids. But these will not only potentially come in handy as and when kiddies are visiting us. But, truth be told, we adore them ourselves. They\u2019re so sweetly innocent and charming. And most of them are a part of our own childhoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the trauma of yesterday\u2019s vehicular disaster (see this other post), reading a few of these today was a massively uplifting experience. The inner child lives on lustily in both Teresa and myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The (Mr) Man Who Wasn\u2019t There!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I read Mr Nobody to myself. I find the theme here quite attractive. Almost Zen!? It\u2019s not really intended that way. As Mr Nobody\u2019s \u2018nothingness\u2019 – beautifully and so simply conveyed by his being see-through – is a bad thing, to be corrected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then read two to Teresa, putting on voices like a parent to a child. And it was wonderful. Not having children of our own, being, simple and childlike ourselves can be a real balm. A release from the unceasing cares of adulthood! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I read Mr Rude, a later title (as was Mr Nobody), which I hadn\u2019t had or read as a child, as it\u2019s far more recent. Mr Happy forces himself on Mr Rude, as a house-guest, eventually helping Mr Rude find his better self. Lovely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delightful!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teresa wanted me to read Mr Uppity. This is one I did encounter first many, many moons ago. Roger Hargreaves\u2019 delightfully playful works occasionally use what Tolkien called \u2018fairey\u2019. And here we find Mr Uppity visiting the Goblin Kingdom, and thereby learning to be politer and nicer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Utterly charming, and conveying simple homely morality, wonderfully illustrated in such a beguilingly naive and simple manner. Just lovely!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told myself that, at least in part, I was getting these as illustration work type reference material. And so it is. But in truth I just love these books. And I\u2019m very happy to own this set. Both as possible inspiration for my own work, and as little gems in their own right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Hargreaves (and son Adam?), we salute you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I bought this handsome set from a Facebook seller locally. We were on our way to Anglesey Abbey, for a lunchtime picnic. That didn\u2019t work out, for reasons I\u2019ll cover in another separate post. But en route we stopped over at an address in Chatteris, and I bought this delightful set of Mr Men … <\/p>\n

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