RESEARCHER Madeleine Pownall has declared Mr Men and Little Miss books to be sexist and promoting traditional gender roles. Why can’t we just enjoy the simple silly stories? Inspiration struck Roger ...

This week the Mr Men books were labelled sexist after a 24-year-old student complained that Mr Clever ‘mansplains’ the Forth Bridge to Little Miss Curious. The original books by Roger Hargreaves were ...

Mr Tickle, Mr Greedy, Mr Happy, Mr Nosey, Mr Sneeze and Mr Bump are all 50 years old this month. They were the first six titles in the enormously successful children's "Mr Men" book series, conceived, ...

Bottle-feeding, nappies, a wide-eyed naivety when it comes to the pain and perils of real life… some things are best left in childhood. Despite the media’s constant attempts to take everything dear ...

We all remember the brilliant tales of Mr Bump, Mr Tickle and Mr Strong – how can we not? Mr Men is one of the greatest children’s series known to man. And so it’s always great when the children of ...