Mr. Bounce

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Mr. Bounce

Cover of Mr. Bounce
Author Roger Hargreaves
Illustrator Roger Hargreaves
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Mr. Men
Genre(s) Children's literature
Publication date 1976
Preceded by Mr. Fussy
Followed by Mr. Muddle

Mr. Bounce is the twenty-second book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.

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[edit] Story

Mr. Bounce is small and bounces around like a rubber ball, which makes life very difficult for him. One day, after banging his head on the ceiling from bouncing off a chair, Mr. Bounce has decided he's had it with all this bouncing about and decides to see the doctor about it. On the way however, he trips on a pebble and becomes a live tennis ball for two boys in a tennis court. After taking a bus to the doctor's, Mr. Bounce bounces into the doctor's office and into Dr. Makeyouwell's midmorning coffee. After Mr. Bounce explains his problem, Dr. Makeyouwell gives him the cure for bouncing about: heavy red boots. Mr. Bounce wears the boots to bed that night. The next morning, he bounces out of bed, but the boots make him fall through the floor straight into the kitchen.

In the 2008 Mr. Men Show, he looks the same, has an Indian accent in the US version and an Irish accent in the UK version. His bouncing about causes chaos for the other Mr Men and Little Misses in Dillydale, especially when he's out in public.

[edit] International publications & translations

Mr. Bounce appears under the titles Monsieur Bing (French), Don Saltarin (Spanish), Meneer Stuiter/Meneertje Stuiterbal (Dutch), Ο Κύριος Χοροπηδούλης (Greek), 蹦跳先生 (Taiwan), Unser Herr Hupf (German).

[edit] List of characters

This is a list of Mr. Men, Little Miss and other special characters that appear in this book.

  • Mr. Bump
  • Dr. Makeyouwell
  • Tennis Boys (two mentioned, one seen)

[edit] Title character other appearances

This is a list of other books that the title character has appeared in.

[edit] See also

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