Mr. Greedy

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Mr. Greedy
Author Roger Hargreaves
Illustrator Roger Hargreaves
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Mr. Men
Genre(s) Children's literature
Publisher Fabbri
Publication date August 10, 1971
Pages 40 pp
ISBN ISBN 978-0853960003
Preceded by Mr. Tickle
Followed by Mr. Happy

Mr. Greedy is the second book in the Mr. Men series, by Roger Hargreaves.

Contents

[edit] Story

The story begins with Mr. Greedy waking up and having his overly large daily breakfast.... he then goes on a walk afterwards and finds his way into a cave where everything is larger than life and he begins to explore, finding larger than normal food... he is then picked up by a giant who then teaches Mr. Greedy a lesson and makes him eat ALL the giant food... making Mr. Greedy end up bigger and feeling like he would burst at any moment... the giant agrees to let him go as long as he promises to never be greedy again... Mr. Greedy promises and then at the end he is still keeping the promise and now has lost some weight... and it shows him looking much thinner at the end.

[edit] International publications & translations

Mr. Greedy appears under the titles Monsieur Glouton (French), Don Glotón (Spanish), Mr. Barus (Welsh), Unser Herr Nimmersatt (German), 먹보씨 (Korean), Meneer Smikkel/Meneertje Vreetzak (Dutch), 貪吃先生 (Taiwan), Ο Κύριος Λαίμαργος (Greek), Fætter Grådig (Danish), Gubben Glufs Glufs (Sweden)

[edit] List of characters

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

  • The Giant

[edit] Title character other appearances

Mr.Greedy also appears in:

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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'Mr Men' Books
'Little Miss' Books
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