Mr. Cheerful

Mr. Men #44

by Roger Hargreaves

Mr. Cheerful walks through life with a smile on his face, but he's hiding a less than cheerful secret. Full-color illustrations.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Fantasy

36 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

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 4 out of 5]

Little Miss Splendid and Mr. Funny make an appearance in this story. Mr Cheerful is always smiling. There is one thing that makes him sad and it’s under his hat. Well, of course Little Miss Splendid has to dig this out and make it an issue to resolve. Mr. Cheerful only has 3 hairs on his head and that makes him sad. The people in the story tell him they love his smile and 3 hairs don’t matter.

I like Mr. Cheerful and he is a character I would like to hang out with. His cheeriness is infectious. There are no wizards in the story and it makes for a good story.

The nephew is less into these books these days than he used to be a year ago, but he still enjoys reading the Mr Men. He was glad Mr Funny showed up. He likes Mr Funny. He didn’t like Little Miss Splendid and she booed him. I tend to agree with him. (He told me I’m like her and I like to spoil the fun. Oh dear) He gave this 3 stars.

[R.A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mr. Cheerful is so cute!! It's hard not to smile the while time reading this short book! And his secret he's embarrassed about is even cuter! :)

[Les Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable family reading time with my granddaughter. 🥰

[Godzilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whilst this is a fun read, it didn't capture my children's imagination in a big way. This may be because they have no experience of male pattern baldness, or have yet to attain that age where they become overly self aware.

There is a lovely message behind the story, just be happy being yourself, and don't assume others will judge you as harshly as you do yourself. However in the real world there are a lot of people who will do just that, and kids need to realise that too....

[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.

[Danielle Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Why, it’s your bright sunny smile that everybody loves, not how many hairs you have on your head!” A good reminder to be less contentious of our physical faults and instead cultivate our inner beauty.

[Christine Meunier · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful one in the series.

[Alisha Brook · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Nat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Miss Splendid has some old fashioned ideals I think

[Slow Man · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh this one’s about balding issue. No matter how cheerful, we would prefer to have more than 3 strands of hair. Well, he bump into Little Miss Splendid who taught him to look beyond those 3 strands of hair and he did.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh this book reminded me so much of my brother. He was practically bald and always smiling and cheerful and felt very embarrassed without his hat. How I miss him x

[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.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Synopsis: "Mr. Cheerful walks through life with a smile on his face, but he’s got a less-than-cheerful secret to hide."

My Review: This was a good Mr. Men book, it wasn't overly long or boring for Munchkin, he manage to pay attention throughout. I don't know if he actually absorbed the lesson, but he is still young. We did however enjoy learning about smiling and being polite with the help of Mr. Cheerful.

[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.

[Sean Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 43 of the Mr Men series, and the 44th I have read, and it is Mr Cheerful, and really Mr Men in general would make anyone Mr Cheerful after reading the ridiculous plots and little drawings. It is all good fun, and never takes itself too seriously/ Oj Mr Men - you've done it again!

[Patrick\ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read-aloud series - with a moral.

[Giegie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book, funny entertaining and makes me curious, easy and meaningful, I love this book

[Rob Towner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, I read all of these as a kid. I'll be here all day folks

[τλιϓλ · Rating 5 out of 5]

"hats-off to Mr. Cheerful"
^_^ so lovely and nice one.

[Simone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really funny!

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I like being cheerful. I also enjoyed this book because Mr. Cheerful was very cheerful.

[Shahrun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cheerful story with a slightly sad secret. But fabulous illustrations give it a lift.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeah!!!!!!!!!😅😅😅😅🤣🤣😎

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mr. Cheerful is always cheerful, but he has a secret that makes him sad.

Mr. Cheerful only has three little hairs on top of his head, and he hides his baldness under his hat. Then one day his deep dark secret is revealed when Little Miss Splendid insists that he take his hat off to her.

She soothes his obvious shame and embarrassment by saying that no one else in Misterland cares how many hairs he has on his head. What they love about Mr. Cheerful is his bright sunny smile. This cheers up Mr. Cheerful, and he stops being self-conscious about it.

This story depicts the very relatable phenomenon of someone being incredibly self-conscious about a physical flaw. It also shows how others may not even notice this flaw or perceive it to a much lesser degree.

[Cara Frazee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grade: Preschool-2nd
Modern Fantasy

I love the Mr. and Mrs. books by Roger Hargreaves. I think kids can relate to the characters and lessons can be learned from these books.

[Dan Boughen · Rating 4 out of 5]

6 year old says... Daaaaad, I'm too tired to write a review tonight

40 year old says... Me too squishy, me too

[Bustagroovy · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an awful secret he kept under his hat, poor bugger!

[Ari · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my daughter’s favorite book. She loves finding Mr. Cheerful’s yellow nose on every page.

[Danny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great too thank you so much thanks again too for thanks

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nostalgic for me and funny for the kids.