Mr. Happy [Library Binding]

Roger Hargreaves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1981

Mr. Happy meets Mr. Miserable and is determined to make him happy, too!

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

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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.

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

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Creative Co (Sd) (September 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871917661
• ISBN-13: 978-0871917669
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,446,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The late Roger Hargreaves was an English author and illustrator of childrens' books, including the popular Mr. Men and Little Miss series.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Young Person's Guide To Individuation, March 2, 2010

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Hamilton Richardson (London, UK) - See all my reviews

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

In his third work, Mr Happy, Hargreaves takes us on a Jungian journey to the integrated self.

The story starts by introducing us to the supposedly perfect life that our eponymous hero appears to live - the tranquilized bliss and counterfeit euphoria of Happyland. Yet what is it that leads Mr Happy to wander away from an existence that, if truly flawless, should suffice to satisfy and sustain him? Why this need to venture deep into the mysterious unknown of the forest? To open a door in a tree-trunk and descend a staircase beneath the ground to the deepest recesses of the unconscious?

Here lays the crux of this exploration of analytical psychology - the defining happiness of our central character is revealed as nothing more than a persona. His name and outward appearance are a mask to the outside world and from himself. It is the very inauthenticity of this state of affairs that drives him on the voyage to seek out and confront the root of the dissonance that this generates within him.

For indeed, what does he come face-to-face with at the foot of these stairs but his own repressed sadness? This comes in the form of his miserable alter ego - physically identical, polar opposite in mood. It is only through this confrontation with the shadow that his unsustainable persona can find authentic resolution and true integration of the self be achieved. These archetypes are quite literally brought to light as Mr Happy coaxes Mr Miserable up to the surface and into view of the conscious mind in a climax of now genuine peace and bliss.

In a knowing nod to his source material, Hargreaves depicts Mr Happy as round - a shape he shares with the mandala.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This little book is very amusing and inspiring., October 1, 1997

By A Customer

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

In this story, Mr. Happy meets Mr. Miserable, and brings him out of his misery into Happyland. Not only is this cartoonish little book very amusing to little ones, with its colorful cartoons and playful verse, but it is very clever and witty to teach a positive value in a heart-warming way. It is in a series of Mr. Men books that are just as good.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I absoultly love this book:)Mr.Happy is just so darn happy!!, July 11, 1999

By A Customer

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

Mr.Happy is about a smiley face that can walk and talk. He finds a door in the woods by his house. He gose in and finds Mr.Miserable who he helps to become happy by taking him to happyland. At the end of the story, Mr.Miserable is happy just like Mr.Happy and the end is what else but happy!!!!!