In this series of British picture books, the characters of Misterland use their distinctive personality traits to teach moral lessons, but in a nonsense way. The series is very humorous, and even the morals in the story are more funny nonsense than practical. Some books have more anti-morals than morals. Not all of the characters who learn a lesson maintain good behavior afterward, either. Some of them revert to whatever they were doing before. Some of the morals are taught by fantastical characters, like wizards and goblins.

All of the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters are named after their most obvious personality trait, and they have their own unique shape and bright colors. (As I recall from when I was a kid, the different appearances of the characters was one of the attractions of these books. I think I had a collection of stickers of different characters.) Every character has a book of their own, and sometimes, characters make appearances in each other’s books.

The first books in the series were the Mr. Men books, which had male characters, but then, the author created the accompanying Little Miss series with female characters.

The series was originally created by Roger Hargreaves and continued by his son, Adam Hargreaves. Some of the books in the series have alternate titles for different printings or international versions. The series has been published in several different languages.

Mr. Men Books

Mr. Tickle (1971)

Mr. Tickle goes around tickling everyone. Unlike most of the books in this series, he has no consequences for doing this and doesn’t stop doing it. No lessons were learned.

Mr. Greedy (1971)

Mr. Greedy eats too much until a giant teaches him a lesson about limits.

Mr. Happy (1971)

Mr. Happy teaches Mr. Miserable a lesson about happiness.

Mr. Nosey (1971)

Mr. Nosey pokes his nose into everyone’s business until the others show them how they feel about his snooping.

Mr. Sneeze (1971)

Mr. Sneeze lives in a cold place, where everyone has red noses and sneezes all of the time. Mr. Sneeze gets tired of sneezing, so he finds a wizard who fixes the situation.

Mr. Bump (1971)

Mr. Bump is accident prone, and he has trouble doing any job because things keep going wrong. Then, he finds the perfect job for someone who’s accident prone.

Mr. Snow (1971)

Mr. Snow is a snowman brought to life by Father Christmas.

Mr. Messy (1972)

Mr. Messy is always messy and lives in a very messy house until Mr. Tidy and Mr. Neat teach him lessons in cleanliness.

Mr. Topsy-Turvy (1972)

Mr. Topsy-Turvy does everything wrong and backwards, confusing everyone. This is one of books where nothing is resolves, and the reader is challenged to join in the topsy-turvy fun!

Mr. Silly (1972)

Mr. Silly lives in Nonsenseland, where everything is mixed-up and silly. When there’s a contest for the silliest idea, Mr. Silly can’t think of anything silly enough until it becomes apparent that, in a land where everything is normally silly, the truly silly thing is something normal.

Mr. Uppity (1972)

Mr. Uppity is very rich and rude to everyone until a goblin teaches him a lesson in politeness. The printing from 2021 uses the name Mr. Snooty.

Mr. Small (1972)

Mr. Small is very small and lives under a daisy in a garden. He wants to get a job, but it’s hard for him to find a job for someone so small … until he meets the author of this very book series and writes his own book.

Mr. Daydream (1972)

Jack is a boy who likes to daydream. During history class, he goes on a magical journey with Mr. Daydream and has all kinds of amazing adventures. The “moral” of this story is that daydreams are more fun than history class.

Mr. Forgetful (1976)

Mr. Forgetful always forgets things, and he mangles an important message that he’s supplies to deliver.

Mr. Jelly (1976)

Mr. Jelly is afraid of everything and panics at the least little thing until a tramp teaches him to count to ten when he’s in a situation that makes him feel scared. Mr. Jelly learns to calm down and be less afraid. The US title is Mr. Nervous.

Mr. Noisy (1976)

Mr. Noisy is always loud and shouts at people instead of talking to them. He learns to control his volume when people start pretending like they can’t hear him when he’s too loud.

Mr. Lazy (1976)

Mr. Lazy lives in Sleepytown, where days are much shorter than anywhere else. It takes most of a day just to make breakfast and eat it before going back to bed. Then, Mr. Lazy has a dream where people make him hurry.

Mr. Funny (1976)

Mr. Funny likes in a teapot and drives a shoe. When he goes out, people laugh at him, but he cheers up the sick animals in the zoo with his wacky sense of humor.

Mr. Mean (1976)

Mr. Mean is a miser. A wizard decides to teach him a lesson by disguising himself as people who need help and casting spells on Mr. Mean whenever he refuses to help. The US title is Mr. Stingy.

Mr. Chatterbox (1976)

Mr. Chatterbox talks too much and makes other people late for things. He breaks the habit after he receives a magic hat that grows when he talks too much.

Mr. Fussy (1976)

Mr. Fussy is a perfectionist, but his perfectionism comes to nothing when his cousin Mr. Clumsy and his friend Mr. Bump come to visit.

Mr. Bounce (1976)

Mr. Bounce can’t stop bouncing like a rubber ball, and he decides to see the doctor for a cure.

Mr. Muddle (1976)

Mr. Muddle does everything wrong, but a friend of his gets around the problem by deliberately asking Mr. Muddle to do the wrong thing so he’ll accidentally do things right.

Mr. Dizzy (1976)

Everyone in Cleverland is more clever than Mr. Dizzy, so he is unfortunately easy to trick. One day, he drinks from a magic wishing well and wishes that he was more clever. With the power of the wishing well, he gets revenge on the animals who tricked him before.

Mr. Impossible (1976)

Mr. Impossible has magic powers and can do anything!

Mr. Strong (1976)

Mr. Strong became super strong from eating a lot of eggs, and he uses his power to do a good deed.

Mr. Grumpy (1978)

Mr. Grumpy always in bad mood and hates everything and everyone. Mr. Tickle breaks Mr. Grump’s bad mood by tickling him. (Finally, a use for that trait!)

Mr. Clumsy (1978)

Mr. Clumsy always knocks things over or breaks them. Wherever he goes, disaster follows!

Mr. Quiet (1978)

Loudland is just too noisy for Mr. Quiet! Things get better for him when he moves to a new town and gets a job as a librarian.

Mr. Rush (1978)

Mr. Rush is always in a hurry! He rushes through everything he does, usually not completing anything. What’s the ideal job for someone who just wants to hurry?

Mr. Tall (1978)

Mr. Tall is incredibly tall, which can be a problem in some situations but a benefit in others.

Mr. Worry (1978)

Mr. Worry worries about everything. A wizard finds a way to help him to stop worrying … until he starts to worry that he won’t have anything to worry about.

Mr. Nonsense (1978)

Mr. Nonsense has a nonsense answer to every question!

Mr. Wrong (1978)

Mr. Wrong does everything wrong. When Mr. Right tries to teach him how to do things right, everything still goes wrong.

Mr. Skinny (1978)

Mr. Skinny lives in Fatland, but he can’t seem to gain weight. His doctor suggests that he visit Mr. Greedy for help in developing his appetite.

Mr. Mischief (1978)

Mr. Mischief likes to play practical jokes on people, but when he tries to play a joke on a wizard, the wizard puts a stop to his pranks.

Mr. Clever (1978)

Mr. Clever is one of the smartest people in Cleverland.

Mr. Busy (1978)

Mr. Slow (1978)

Mr. Christmas (1984)

Mr. Nobody (1985)

Mr. Brave (1990)

Mr. Grumble (1990)

Mr. Perfect (1990)

Mr. Cheerful (1990)

Mr. Christmas (2002)

Mr. Cool (2003)

Mr. Rude (2003)

Mr. Good (2003)

Mr. Birthday (2006)

Mr. Mo (2013)

Alternate title Mr. Moustache.

Mr. Marvelous (2016)

Mr. Adventure (2017)

Mr. Calm (2021)

Mr. Bolt (2021)

Little Miss Books

Little Miss Bossy (1981)

Little Miss Naughty (1981)

Little Miss Neat (1981)

Little Miss Sunshine (1981)

Little Miss Tiny (1981)

Little Miss Trouble (1981)

Little Miss Helpful (1981)

Little Miss Magic (1981)

Little Miss Shy (1981)

Little Miss Splendid (1981)

Little Miss Late (1981)

Little Miss Scatterbrain (1981)

Little Miss Greedy (1981)

Original title was Little Miss Plump.

Little Miss Giggles (1984)

Little Miss Twins (1984)

Little Miss Chatterbox (1984)

Little Miss Dotty (1984)

The US title is Little Miss Ditzy.

Little Miss Lucky (1984)

Little Miss Star (1984)

Little Miss Fickle (1984)

Little Miss Contrary (1984)

Little Miss Busy (1990)

Little Miss Quick (1990)

Little Miss Wise (1990)

Little Miss Tidy (1990)

Little Miss Brainy (1990)

Little Miss Stubborn (1990)

Little Miss Curious (1990)

Little Miss Curious wonders about many things, but when she wastes the librarian’s time with all of her pointless questions, everyone loses their patience.

Little Miss Fun (1990)

Little Miss Somersault (1990)

Little Miss Scary (2003)

Little Miss Bad (2003)

Little Miss Whoops (2003)

Little Miss Princess (2011)

Little Miss Christmas (2005)

Little Miss Birthday (2006)

Little Miss Hug (2014)

Little Miss Fabulous (2016)

Little Miss Sparkle (2016)

Little Miss Inventor (2018)

Little Miss Explorer (2018)

Little Miss Valentine (2019)

Little Miss Brave (2021)