Little Miss Curious

Little Miss Books #28

by Viviane Cohen, Evelyne Lallemand, Colette David (Illustrator)

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Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Humor

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Miss Curious asks How, Why and What. She wants to know about everything and she asks people a question the moment she sees them. Mr. Nonsense loves to play with her.

I love her little question mark house. She has trees in a questions mark and even her hair is a question mark.

She does go to the library where she is kicked out for her questions, which, I didn't like that part. I don't think a librarian would boot you for asking questions. She'd stick a book in your hand.

The story was cute, but it didn't seem fleshed out, but it did leave you with questions. This was an okay stay. I would love to have some young tots and she what they thought, but I don't have that anymore.

[Hugo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Madame Pourquoi se pose beaucoup de questions. Elle pose des questions aux plantes, aux arbres, elle pose de questions à tout ce qui l’entoure. Tout est un sujet de fascination pour elle, du ver de terre le plus banal au mouvement mystérieux des étoiles. Madame Pourquoi a l’émerveillement facile. Trop facile. Si facile que son indécision à la boulangerie empêche les autres d’acheter leur estifie de croissant en paix, ce qui, dans le monde neurasthénique des Monsieur/Madame, confine au terrorisme. Le narrateur lui-même se tanne de la curiosité intellectuelle de Madame Pourquoi. Pourquoi, Madame Pourquoi, pourquoi poses-tu des questions ? Pourquoi tu fais pas comme ton amie Madame Pourquoi pas, qui accepte le monde comme il est, elle ! Et c’est ainsi que se termine cette fable anti-intellectuelle de premier ordre. Pas étonnant que brimée dans sa soif de savoir, Madame Pourquoi finisse par devenir, après des années d’aigreur et d’amertume, Madame On S’En Balance et qu’elle répande sur les réseaux sociaux des théories du complot pour troller sa famille qui se bourre de croissants secs en regardant Bob Ross.

[Livresse de Lola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Si le message de ce livre c’est : « la curiosité (pourtant représentée de façon ingénue) est un vilain défaut » je trouve ça bien dommage. Laissez les gosses poser des questions et découvrir le monde qui les entoure, ils vous ont pas demandé ce que vous fichiez hier soir avec Karine de la compta non !

Les 3 étoiles c’est juste pour madame pourquoi mignonne avec sa petite coupe en ? et sa maison en ? et les arbres en ? 😌

[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.

[Sally · Rating 2 out of 5]

The librarian was pretty rude in this one. Not a fan.

[Dianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like how this book ends! It's perfect for a curious little boy or girl.

[Zara's Corner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again we encounter another of Roger Hargreaves’ Little Miss books. This one is about a girl who is extremely curious about everything. The illustration of her has her hair up in a pony tail that looks like a question mark. Her garden also has plants and trees in the form of a question mark. Even her house was in the form of a question mark! Everything for Miss Curious posed questions. For example, “Why do doors squeak, but are not small and furry with pink ears and long tails?” At the end we see Miss Curious going off somewhere, destination unknown, asking questions incessantly.

This is another great story in a great childrens book series which has been loved by many people over the years.

[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.

[Pam · Rating 1 out of 5]

These books are so weird. The writing is bizarre, and not for me. I do like the pictures, and I love that my A loves these - always has, always will - these will be her "childhood thing" I think. But, for me, not really.

[Gadeer ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gift from my best friend in 2007, we were 10 or 11. So apparently i was a little curious when i was a child so she gave me this book.
I read it every couple of years mostly for the comments she wrote.

[Patrick\ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read-aloud series - with a moral.

[Denise · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book itself is tiny, yet the story inside is too long! This would be a book to use for a very specific purpose and one-on-one if at all.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many qs for the librarian?!

[τλιϓλ · Rating 5 out of 5]

XD couldn't stop my self from laughing, a very good one.

[Jeanice Kett]

I can't open the book so I can't read it to my granddaughter.
Help.

[Callie · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute

[Liza-Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it. So fun and cute :)

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not like this book because I do not like being curious. I also did not like this book because Little Miss Curious was very curious.

[Alisha Brook · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

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

Children's Picture Books

Little Miss #28




Read with my daughter

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Little Miss Curious is curious about everything.

[Sean Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

There may be a deceased cat around you with the cause of curiosity, however there are many sated Little Miss fans as they savour the wonders of another Hargreaves mini feast of joy!
Little Miss books a wonderful creation.
Little Miss #27

[Gavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sean's favourite Little Miss book so far. He says he's curious too, although in what sense of the word he meant was unclear.

[Bora]

what? She asked many questions.
Why? She was curious about everything.
Main Idea: Miss Little Curious wanted to know everything.

[Rae Stoltenkamp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as engaging as other Little books I've read.

[Slow Man · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why? I guess we’ll never find out.
But stay curious though coz the older we get, the less curious we all will become.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t read this book to the kids right before bed unless you want to be asked a series of impossible-to-answer questions.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Little Miss Curious
Ends with the narrator (on the readers’ behalf) curious about where she’s going. No we weren’t! **

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the Little Miss books are essential ready for young children.

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Right from the start, this is a book designed to please young readers and jaded adults, alike.

The narrator, Roger Hargreaves, calls attention to the house of Miss Curious. He asks, "It's a very curious shape. Isn't it?"

Fact is, after reading that, I took a quick glance. And I didn't get it.

On second glance, though, I got it. What a hilarious visual joke! (Not that I'll reveal it and spoil it for you, Goodreaders. Just be on the lookout.)

I can give you'all a sample of her curiosity, though.

One day, Little Miss Curious headed off to town.

"Why do doors squeak, yet they are not small and furry with pink ears and long tails?" she asked her door as she went out."

Delightful book -- often LOL funny. FIVE STARS delightful, actually.