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Mr. Men #7
Mr. Snow
Lots of snow has put Santa in a bind. Who better to help him out than Mr. Snow? Color illustrations throughout.
36 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1971
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Roger Hargreaves
1,324 books367 followersRoger 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.
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December 2, 2019
This is a Christmas book in the Mr. Men series. Children build snowmen and Santa can animate them to help him deliver toys. Mr. Snow is brought to life by Santa Claus but he doesn’t show up until the end of the story really. This was more involved.
There was no flowers on the wallpaper this time, but there were flowers on the bedspread. It was great. It’s a little longer than normal for a Mr. Men book, which is fine.
The niece was not interested in reading this, but the nephew gave this 5 stars. He loves snow men and Mr. Men, so this was a great book for him.
There was no flowers on the wallpaper this time, but there were flowers on the bedspread. It was great. It’s a little longer than normal for a Mr. Men book, which is fine.
The niece was not interested in reading this, but the nephew gave this 5 stars. He loves snow men and Mr. Men, so this was a great book for him.
September 8, 2021
Next up in our Mr Men read through was this enjoyable Christmas tale.
Certainly a great way to encourage children to build their own snowman as the story consists of Father Christmas needing help delivering all the presents brings one of the snowman to life.
It's not the best character in the series, but the end message of a childs snowman could be picked the following year is a sweet one.
Certainly a great way to encourage children to build their own snowman as the story consists of Father Christmas needing help delivering all the presents brings one of the snowman to life.
It's not the best character in the series, but the end message of a childs snowman could be picked the following year is a sweet one.
June 25, 2021
While it was still quite a charming, little Christmas story, this one didn't really feel like a proper Mr. Men book to me and, to be honest, Mr. Snow doesn't feel like a proper Mr. Man.
He's just a snowman that Father Christmas brings to life to help him deliver his toys one Christmas Eve and
It's not only his impermanence that makes him feel like not a proper Mr. Man, it's also his peculiarity in being the only Mr. Man with a separate head and body. All the other Mr. Men have their faces on their torsos with no separate head. Mr. Snow is an oddity but I suppose we have to include him for the sake of diversity.
P.S. It's quite strange that it states at the beginning of the story that there is a heavy snowfall WORLDWIDE. Could this be a side effect of the wizard shifting the world on its axis to cure Mr. Sneeze's sniffles in a previous book? Is there a global climate catastrophe around the corner in the world of the Mr. Men? Say it isn't so!
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He's just a snowman that Father Christmas brings to life to help him deliver his toys one Christmas Eve and
It's not only his impermanence that makes him feel like not a proper Mr. Man, it's also his peculiarity in being the only Mr. Man with a separate head and body. All the other Mr. Men have their faces on their torsos with no separate head. Mr. Snow is an oddity but I suppose we have to include him for the sake of diversity.
P.S. It's quite strange that it states at the beginning of the story that there is a heavy snowfall WORLDWIDE. Could this be a side effect of the wizard shifting the world on its axis to cure Mr. Sneeze's sniffles in a previous book? Is there a global climate catastrophe around the corner in the world of the Mr. Men? Say it isn't so!
My next book: Marvel
April 13, 2017
My niece and I both loved this one. Mr. Snow is a cute snowman, and we want more stories with him in it.
June 9, 2018
A Helper for Santa
9 June 2018
Well, I guess I can’t really say that I relate all that much to this book. In Australia we generally don’t rush outside on Christmas Eve and build a snowman because, well, it sort of happens to be pushing 40 degrees around that time. Actually, I can’t say that I’ve ever been in the situation where it has snowed so much that we were literally stuck inside. Well, while it does snow in Australia, it tends to be only in limited places, such as the aptly named Snowy Mountains, or in Tasmania, and even then in Tasmania it really doesn’t snow as much as in other places. Okay, I have seen snow, and even been snowed on once (in London), but my experience in that regard is somewhat limited.
Not that this is a bad book though. Like most of the Mr Men books that I’ve read it is quite fun, and it even has a bit of magic in it. Basically Father Christmas’ sleigh has become stuck and he needs some help, so he sees a snowman nearby and casts a Father Christmas spell (by tugging on his beard three times), and creates himself a helper in the form of a snowman. As such, Hargreaves tells us the beginning of a myth where Father Christmas has snowmen helpers, and they usually go by the name of Mr Snow.
They only appear around Christmas time, and to actually have a snowman turned into Mr Snow, you need to have built one, and of course built it properly – there is no room for any half-hearted efforts here, especially when Santa is looking for a bit of help. Then again, I also wonder what happened to the reindeers because I was always under the impression that they were his helpers. Of course, there is always Santa’s Little Helper (which I believe is the name of the dog on the Simpsons, which is an odd name for a dog, but then again the Simpsons aren’t what you consider to be your typical American family, though they are probably more typical than we would want to imagine).
As for Santa Down-under, well here is a picture that probably sums it up quite well:
9 June 2018
Well, I guess I can’t really say that I relate all that much to this book. In Australia we generally don’t rush outside on Christmas Eve and build a snowman because, well, it sort of happens to be pushing 40 degrees around that time. Actually, I can’t say that I’ve ever been in the situation where it has snowed so much that we were literally stuck inside. Well, while it does snow in Australia, it tends to be only in limited places, such as the aptly named Snowy Mountains, or in Tasmania, and even then in Tasmania it really doesn’t snow as much as in other places. Okay, I have seen snow, and even been snowed on once (in London), but my experience in that regard is somewhat limited.
Not that this is a bad book though. Like most of the Mr Men books that I’ve read it is quite fun, and it even has a bit of magic in it. Basically Father Christmas’ sleigh has become stuck and he needs some help, so he sees a snowman nearby and casts a Father Christmas spell (by tugging on his beard three times), and creates himself a helper in the form of a snowman. As such, Hargreaves tells us the beginning of a myth where Father Christmas has snowmen helpers, and they usually go by the name of Mr Snow.
They only appear around Christmas time, and to actually have a snowman turned into Mr Snow, you need to have built one, and of course built it properly – there is no room for any half-hearted efforts here, especially when Santa is looking for a bit of help. Then again, I also wonder what happened to the reindeers because I was always under the impression that they were his helpers. Of course, there is always Santa’s Little Helper (which I believe is the name of the dog on the Simpsons, which is an odd name for a dog, but then again the Simpsons aren’t what you consider to be your typical American family, though they are probably more typical than we would want to imagine).
As for Santa Down-under, well here is a picture that probably sums it up quite well:
September 28, 2015
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.
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.
July 15, 2018
One Christmas Eve, Father Christmas needed a helping hand. The children all over the world is advised to build those helping hands properly because Father Christmas might need to use them to help deliver their presents. How endearing.
September 22, 2019
A chilling tale of worker exploitation.
June 2, 2025
A rather charming story best read around the festive time of December. Unlike this review the author has failed to use much punctuation. But then it wouldn’t be a true Roger Hargreaves without a few missing commas! He also proved to be overly repetitive in his choice of language, in a way which may please children but was rather oafish for the seasoned reader. Cracking illustrations. Would love to see Wes Anderson adapt for the screen. Possible role for Alex Jones.
May 20, 2022
My least favourite so far
August 18, 2013
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.
January 11, 2010
A very apt choice for the current weather conditions: we're experiencing more snow than I can ever recall, and my children have built their first ever snowman.
This is a heart warming tale of helping out someone in need, and gives children a wonderful possibility regarding their own snowman. Not sure how well it would go down in the middle of summer, but my kids enjoyed it right now.
This is a heart warming tale of helping out someone in need, and gives children a wonderful possibility regarding their own snowman. Not sure how well it would go down in the middle of summer, but my kids enjoyed it right now.
December 28, 2018
Book seven in the Mr Men series, and I have to say this is the first one where I can't recall the title at all from days gone by. I read some Mr Men like most of us when younger, but this must have been one that passed me by. Typical Mr Men shenanigans and illustrations and why would you want anything else!
July 16, 2012
Another wonderful story of the collection I have. So sweet and taught us how to help those in-need but sadly that Mr. Snow didn't stay a living one till the end, I wished that Santa didn't turn him back to his snowman form.
July 25, 2011
Tate really loves this book but Mom thinks it's lame. Compromise: 3 stars.
October 7, 2012
I really liked this book about a special snowman that gets chosen by Father Christmas. I think you should read it!
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July 9, 2015This clearly counts. XD
December 14, 2015
A cute christmas read!
February 29, 2016
Colton liked it.
September 30, 2016
“Mr Snow” - Father Christmas uses his magic to make the snowman come alive and assist him in his deliveries.
December 20, 2016
I enjoyed this book because I like snow. I also enjoyed this book because there was a lot of snow.
December 19, 2022
A lovely book which we read regularly not just at Christmas. As usual it has a great storyline and illustrations which you come to expect from the Mr Men series, highly recommended.
August 5, 2017
I love the idea of Santa choosing a special snowman to assist him each year. I am abut befuddled by the snowman in the story being totally ok with going back to being a non-living entity though...
January 25, 2018
Another lovely book. A story for Christmas on the transforming power of love.
March 21, 2018
Appropriate for the weather atm
April 16, 2019
Random story about a snowman saving Xmas. Love the pictures.
February 8, 2020
It feels weird to be reviewing a book from 1971 that I first read over thirty years ago, but with the birth of our first child this week I've started reading him the Mr. Men stories, and Mr. Snow was on the top of the pile. I have fond memories of these books and I'm pleased to find the stories don't disappoint all these years later. Sure, the plot is simple and the illustrations are as well, but there's a bit of magic in the Mr. Men (and Little Miss!) books that's undeniable. We're looking forward to sharing all of these stories with our new little Mr. Man!
January 17, 2020
Six year old says... I liked the version which my dad made up about Mr Snow melting and being drunk by a dog and wee'd out up a lamp post.
Eleven year old says... I liked the voice dad did for Mr Snow
Forty year old says... It's a good story, but its January and i'm bored of Christmas so docked two stars. I know you might think I'm being unreasonable, but quite frankly I don't care. It's my review and I'll say what I want ;)
Eleven year old says... I liked the voice dad did for Mr Snow
Forty year old says... It's a good story, but its January and i'm bored of Christmas so docked two stars. I know you might think I'm being unreasonable, but quite frankly I don't care. It's my review and I'll say what I want ;)
March 27, 2020
I didn't realise that there was a Christmas Mr. Men book! The smallest member of the household enjoyed this, although I had a "Whaaa?" reaction to the following:
"And now I'd better turn you back into a snowman again," said Father Christmas.
"Thank you again and goodbye!"
"My pleasure!" smiled Mr Snow.
So... We're all okay with Mr Snow ceasing to exist once his usefulness has ended? Alrighty then.
"And now I'd better turn you back into a snowman again," said Father Christmas.
"Thank you again and goodbye!"
"My pleasure!" smiled Mr Snow.
So... We're all okay with Mr Snow ceasing to exist once his usefulness has ended? Alrighty then.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 4, 2024
Basically a rip off of Rankin and Bass. Snowman brought to life then returned to his former state of nonbeing. So let’s be clear, it’s not the best storyline being that Santa kills Frosty. The dialogue is poor overall as well compared to all of the other books. It meanders and repeats but not in a fun way. It’s tongue twisting and difficult to understand/parse. On the illustration front, you have some wild drawings of the pig and elephant and not in a good way.
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