Mr. Slow

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Mr. Slow

Cover of Mr. Slow
Author Roger Hargreaves
Illustrator Roger Hargreaves
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Mr. Men
Genre(s) Children's literature
Publication date 1978
Preceded by Mr. Busy
Followed by Mr. Brave

Mr. Slow is the thirty-ninth book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.

Contents

[edit] Story

Mr. Slow takes so long to do everything. It took him until New Year to open his Christmas presents, and until Easter to write his thank-yous. He tries to get a job. When he tried to be a news reporter, it took him until midnight to read the news. When he tried to be a taxi driver, he delayed Mr. Uppity in getting to the train station. The job he gets is as a steamroller driver.

[edit] International publications & translations

Mr. Slow appears under the titles Monsieur Lent (French), Don Tranquilo (Spanish), 느려씨 (Korean), 慢吞吞先生 (Taiwan), Ο Κύριος Αργοκίνητος (Greek), Unser Herr Langsam (German).

[edit] List of characters

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

[edit] Title character other appearances

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

  • Mr. Busy (The book before this, so Mr. Slow appears in a book before this one)
  • Mr. Brave


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