Mr. Bounce (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [School & Library Binding]

Roger Hargreaves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Mr. Bounce, who is very small and shaped like a rubber ball, tries to find a way to keep himself on the ground and to prevent himself from bouncing all over the place.

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About the Author

The late Roger Hargreaves created the Mr. Men series for his son, Adam, who currently oversees the estate and creates illustrations for new Mr. Men books.
The late Roger Hargreaves created the Mr. Men series for his son, Adam, who currently oversees the estate and creates illustrations for new Mr. Men books.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 061326231X
• ISBN-13: 978-0613262316
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,977,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cute!, April 3, 2000

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Calle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Bounce (Hardcover)

This is a really cute and funny book (as all of Roger Hargreave's Mr Menand Little Miss books).
Mr Bounce's problem is not being able to do anything without bouncing. Buy the book and see how he got help! Also I enjoy reading this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A few things you should know about 'Mr. Bounce', January 18, 2010

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Edward Waverley - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Bounce (Mr. Men and Little Miss) (Mass Market Paperback)

'Mr. Bounce' is either a short but entertaining picture book, or alternately a metaphor for the artist whose visionary nature makes it hard for him to fit in with the world around him. Mr. Bounce, disturbed by constant uncontrolled bouncing, goes to a doctor (representing the bourgeois rationalist mindset) who gives him a heavy pair of boots to stop him bouncing. But the boots lead to his downfall as an artist - they are so heavy that he crashes through the floorboards.

Conclusion: artists should never listen to the advice of the rationalist types who seek to restrain their spirit. It's better to bounce unpredictably than crash through the floor like a ball of lead. But better still is the artist who has learned to CONTROL his bouncing, like Goethe, and that is what Mr. Bounce should have tried to do. Sadly, he chose to listen to a two-bit doctor instead.

You may also enjoy Time Struggle 1: The Wolves of Odin (Volume 1).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Bounce bounces into reading time, November 23, 2006

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Mike Beri - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Bounce (Mr. Men and Little Miss) (Mass Market Paperback)

Another Mr. Men book I own that I would say is one of the top 5 in the twenty or so we've bought for our son. Poor Mr. Bounce goes to town to see Dr. Makeyouwell so he would stop bouncing about quite so much. But along the way to town he becomes part of a tennis game (ow, ouch, oooowwww) and bounces off the bus, through the window, and straight into a hot cup of Dr. Makeyouwell's coffee!! Mr. Bounce is then outfitted with a pair of heavy boots but.....Mr. Bounce should have bought a better house! (Crash)

A must have for your little one's Mr. Men collection.