Mr. Silly

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Mr. Silly

Cover of Mr. Silly
Author Roger Hargreaves
Illustrator Roger Hargreaves
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Mr. Men
Genre(s) Children's literature
Publisher Fabbri
Publication date August, 1972
Pages 40 pp
ISBN ISBN 978-0853960195
Preceded by Mr. Topsy-Turvy
Followed by Mr. Uppity

Mr. Silly is the tenth book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.

Contents

[edit] Story

Mr. Silly lives in Nonsenseland, where the trees have red leaves and the grass is blue. Every year there is a contest for the silliest idea of the year, and Mr. Silly can't think of one. All the animals do human activity and say the wrong sounds. Mr. Silly wins the contest by painting all the leaves on the trees green.

[edit] International publications & translations

Mr. Silly appears under the titles Monsieur Etonnant (French), Don Tontainas (Spanish), Unser Herr Komisch (German), Ο Κύριος Ανόητος (Greek), 엉뚱씨 (Korean), Mr. Dwl (Welsh), Meneer Malloot (Dutch), 滑稽先生 (Taiwan), Fætter Fjolle (Danish).

[edit] Trivia

Mr. Silly is Roger's favourite Mr Men.

[edit] List of characters

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

  • Mr. Ridiculous (Mentioned but not seen)
  • Mr. Foolish (Mentioned but not seen)
  • Mr. Muddle (Human Farmer)
  • Mrs. Nincompoop (Mentioned but not seen)
  • King of Nonsenseland
  • Chicken
  • Worm
  • Pig

[edit] Title character other appearances

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

[edit] See also

[edit] External links