Mr. Rude

Mr. Men #46

by Adam Hargreaves, Roger Hargreaves (Creator)

Mr. Rude is the rudest man you'll ever meet. When Mr. Happy notices how awful Mr. Rude is being, he sets out to teach him a lesson in etiquette.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 2003

About the author

Adam Hargreaves is an English author and illustrator. The son of Roger Hargreaves, he continues his father's popular Mr. Men series of children's books. Hargreaves also served as inspiration for the series. When at the age of six he asked his father "What does a tickle look like?", Roger used that question to create the first book, Mr. Tickle.

Reviews

[DadReads · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 43rd book in the Mr Men series was Mr Cheerful. The 43rd US president was George W Bush.

The 44th book in the Mr Men series was Mr Cool. The 44th US president is Barack Obama.

The 45th book in the Mr Men series was Mr Rude. The 45th US president will be Donald Trump.

Look at this sequence and tell me the late Roger Hargreaves wasn't Nostradamus. (Well, along with his son Adam, who now writes the series).

Mr Rude is a weird shade of orangey-red. He insults everyone. He has a doormat, but has crossed out the word “WELCOME” and scribbled “GO AWAY”.

If he met someone overweight he would shout, “Fatty! You’re supposed to take the food out of the fridge, not eat the fridge as well!"

The good news is that by the end of the story, Mr Rude’s rage has eased, and Mr Happy has taught him manners. (Mr Happy is 3rd in the Mr Men series, so maybe Trump needs to spend some time at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial).

The even better news is that the 46th book in the Mr Men series is Mr Good.

So, Bernie Sanders for 2020?

https://dadreads.blogspot.com.au/2016...

[Danielle Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr Rude changes his ways when Mr Happy enters his residence uninvited and starts a sit-in styled peaceful protest. Mr Rude gives in to Mr Happy’s list of demands one by one and in the end develops Stockholm syndrome.

[Shahrun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr Rude is such a despicable character, I was looking forward to him getting his comeuppance. It didn’t quite go down like I expected, but it was good. Love the colourful illustrations.

[Dan Boughen · Rating 5 out of 5]

6 year old says... I really like it. Lol. It is the funniest thing I have ever read. Hehehehehe.

11 year old says... I like cheese.

40 year old says... THIS IS NOT CANON. But I'll have my say anyway :) Mr bleedin' Happy again. Seems Mr Rude is just chilling at home when Mr Happy invades his home and sits in his arm chair, grinning strangely until Mr Rude starts giving him stuff. Mr Rude makes it clear Mr happy is not welcome but still Mr H will not leave. Staring. Grinning. For two weeks. I honestly wonder if Mr Happy is having some emotional issues at the moment. I'm sure that being forced to be happy all the time is weighing heavily on his mind. I think he's maybe starting to crack under the pressure.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mr Men is slightly no not even slightly a fair bit different here, and it is not the story or the drawings, it is the vibe, and it is shown that this is Adam the sin of Roger coming into the fray here, as Roger passed away. Not terrible, but missing just something, but a flawed Mr Men is still preferable to no Mr Men!

[Slow Man · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rude people. Can. Be. Fun. Too.
Walk away. Don’t change them. We need some rude people around. So we don’t have to try so hard being nice. I can’t believe I said that.

Anyway, the story has Mr Happy clinging on to Mr Rude 24/7 until Mr Rude gave in. Who wouldn’t ? I think he was just pretending so Happy will leave him alone then he can be back to his rude self again. He enjoys it you see.

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not so sure Mr. Rude is as much rude as he is downright nasty. He was a real bully. Im glad Mr. Happy was able to turn him around.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mr. Rude’s rude ways are reformed by a visit from Mr. Happy.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this story.

[Danny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr rude is very rude. Actually way more than very, he is extremely rude. He just goes on saying rude things to everybody. He is just so rude dude

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice little addition to the Mr. Men series with a healthy moral for younger readers. Fun stuff.

[BRODY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr rude is a very good book it enhaces vocabulary in young readers 90% of my childhood is in this book

[Roland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure I agree 100% with Mr Happy’s methods there.

[Sisi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Как да промениш нрава на някого? Като го тормозиш и досаждаш, трябва да си го запиша!

[Hailey Schaefer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing what can I say

[Thomas Hay · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great book

This book is really funny and when you read it it’s really good.My children love the book and think they are really good.

[Jade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Happy's solution was just so unhinged. We loved it.

[Nayeli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, this is the second Mr. Men book I read. I think Mr. Nervous had a better resolution than this one, for the "problem" that each character has. After reading it, which of course took less than 10 minutes, and then rereading it, I realized this one wasn't written by Roger Hargreaves but by his son Adam, so the different styles might be why I liked this one a little less. It's still really funny and cute, of course.

[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.

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually the Mr Rude book.

This is an interesting one. Mr rude is rude to everyone in horrible ways until me happy moves in and through sheer presence converts mr rude to mr manners.
Fun and gorgeous drawings as usual. Did not like the overweight/fat page as don't believe in using those words at all to my child - we say healthy eating habits and eaten too much candy and become unhealthy / overweight so I amended that page!

[τλιϓλ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't handle ill-mannered people but still I kept smiling and try my best to treat them in a good way and not to be like them shouting and dis-respecting others and all that, Bravo Mr. Happy, another victory you made by changing Mr. Rude to a better one.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not like this book because I do not like being rude. I also did not like this book because Mr. Rude was very rude. I enjoyed this book because at the end Mr. Rude was not rude.

[Max Robeson · Rating 5 out of 5]

An extremely interesting book. Roger Hargreaves has a true talent. The inner story in this book is that if someone is being a total loon, show them the light and they will be OK.