Little Miss Star

Little Miss Books #19

by Roger Hargreaves

Little Miss Star is not the famous star she'd like to be just yet, but that's all about to change!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 19, 1984

About the author

Roger Hargreaves was a British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He created the Mr. Men series, Little Miss series and Timbuctoo series, intended for young readers. The simple and humorous stories, with bold, brightly coloured illustrations, have sales of more than 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is one of the most unique books Roger Hargreaves has given us. This is mostly a mystery about how Little Miss Star is going to be famous. We see no other Mr. Men in this or there is no magical device.

Spoiler: Miss Star has published a book at the end and the last page tells us we are reading it. I thought the device was wonderful and new and refreshing for this series.

The nephew groaned at the thought of another Little Miss book. We read it together and he was trying to tickle me. The ending happened and he did think it was sort of cool. He said, “whatttttt?” He was surprised, well, we both were. Can you really ever be surprised at a Mr. Men series? (now I can say yes, at least once). He gave this 3 stars.

[Artemis Crescent · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most meta 'Little Miss' book to date, at a time before that meant anything.

'Little Miss Star' wants to be famous. But how will she do it? Read to find out.

Adorable. Simply adorable.

What precious books. The 'Little Miss' titles I like best are the ones that go against the grain, and go down unexpected routes in their stories, and where the focus point female character is not a lazily-conceived distaff counterpart to any of the 'Mr. Men'. Children love and crave originality and surprises as much as adults.

All in all, a nice, fun little distraction by the Little Misses.

Final Score: 4/5

[Cheryl]

Appreciation depends on reader... and mood of reader atm. Is it a desperate gimmick? Was Hargreaves smoking something special? Is it meta philosophy worthy of a sophomoric all-night bull session? Is it just too damn cute? I can't decide... what do you think?

[Rory OMullane · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a plot twist!

[Siobhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, Mr Men and Little Miss, how wonderful you are!

These books made up so much of my childhood. No matter what I would go ahead and pick one up. I worked my way through them all a couple of times. Each one has a wonderful story for the child to engage with, each character being fun to read.

Everyone has a bias for their favourite character, yet every book is delightful.

[Slayermel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was reading this to the children at work and they seemed to really enjoy it, especially the end where you find out your reading her book and she’s finally become a bit of a star.
For me personally I didn’t find the book as great as they did :0)

It was alright but I think on some level I was expecting more. I think maybe because I remember liking the little Miss and Mr Men books when I was younger. I think I will still try some of the other books just to see if it was this one in particular or if the whole series has lost its sparkle for me. :0)

[Alannah Clarke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely loved these Mr Men and Little Miss books. I remember getting them from my granny every week. There was so much from these simple characters, I remember filling my little bookshelf with all these books making sure I had got them all in right order. I wish I still had these books but somehow most of them got lost with many house moves or my mum gave the rest away. If I ever have kids, I will make sure they get the chance to experience these wonderful, colourful books.

[Sandra Mackintosh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is about Little miss Star who wanted to be famous. So she goes to the city to visit a friend about an idea, when she gets home her wish comes true and there is a book writen about her. For children in year 2 - 4

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute ending! Good book to discuss title, author, illustrator.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably one of my fave books in the series.

[τλιϓλ · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful story, still I do not understand why some wants to be famous that much?!

[Serge Smagarinsky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A self-aware book! If I'm not mistaken, Hargreaves makes a little cameo in this story and has really listened to this particular character demanding to be let out of his mind and captured on paper.

[Mariam Abood · Rating 1 out of 5]

I dont know, little miss star was never my favourite. I just feel this book is an example of how downhill the seriew went, resorting to cheap gimmicks.

Unimpressed.

[Ian McHugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely roundabout story.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I like to be a star. I also enjoyed this book because Little Miss Star was a star.

[Les Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable family read!

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the Little Miss books. It was super cute!

[Stacy Renee (LazyDayLit) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children's Chapter Books

Little Miss series #19

[Logan Donnelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hargreaves seems to ignore his didactic imperative to inform readers of the dangers in lusting for attention, conveying the inherently false notion that anyone can become “famous”. I’m disappointed. 2/5.

[Sean Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the happy side of fame apparently, little Miss Star wants to be a star, there is no ugly side to fame in mister/miss world. Anyway for all that could be said about fame, and there will be in a review later on, this is typical little miss outrageous story telling. It also marks passing the halfway point in the Little Miss box set.
And how famous do you have to be to even appear in your own book! :)
Little Miss #18

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Over and over and over again.... I read these stories to my first daughter and then to my second daughter.

They loved them... they laughed... i love my daughters... i laughed with them....that was more than enough for me.

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[Jordan Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

my son enjoyed it

[Slow Man · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very clever.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a lovely little tale that almost any child can relate to at some stage of their life. I loved how it ended.

[David Siddens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Roger Hargreaves making cameos way before Stan Lee made it cool. Absolutely smashed the fourth wall before it became the signature move of all these new 'quirky cool' characters too. Big Roger a man before his time.

You know if this was today though little miss star and her insatiable need for celebrity status would have been plastered all over TikTok and slamming in the Love Island auditions left right and centre.

Instead there's a nice little twist in this one, really turning the little.miss and Mr Men series on its head. Five stars for me.

[jiawen · Rating 3 out of 5]

enjoyed the little suspense although the end was a tiny bit disappointing - i kinda get little miss star's quirks as well and it's not that i don't like her but she's also not the mr men/little miss character that has left the deepest impression on me

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

This particular story does seem especially meant for kids who are 2 or 3 years old.

It's a simple story, a success story, and can take its place in the vast literature of picture books where the main character has one driving ambition, to be famous.

[Steven Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the one hand, the main character is symptomatic of so many societal ills, valuing fame above any other thing of value. On the other hand, this one has a lot of suspense and a beautifully meta ending.

[Raffi Aroian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Wow.