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November 14th 2013

10 Things You [Probably] Didn't Know About...Mr Men & Little Miss

As you know, we're huuuuge Mr Men & Little Miss fans! So much so we tucked ourselves away and worked as hard as ever to create and bring you our exclusive range of Mr Men T-Shirts AND Little Miss T-Shirts! We might have mentioned them once or twice already :) But hey....classic designs at only £14.99! Who can blame us right?

While digging our way through the iconic stories and books, it got us thinking of a cool little post we could do where we dive in and seek out some cool, interesting and perhaps shocking facts about one of our all-time favourite books. So here it is! Check out our 10 Things You Didn't Know About Mr Men & Little Miss!

1) "What's a tickle look like?" That was the question which launched the series, asked by a young Adam Hargreaves of his dad Roger. Inspired, Roger created the first Mr Men book, Mr Tickle, in 1971. Another five books came out that year.

2) The Mr Men books have been translated into 15 languages, and in this process several other Mr Men characters have been created by editors around the world, such as "Madame Oui" in France. Additionally, some characters have been renamed for foreign markets, such as Mr Jelly, who is known as Mr Nervous in the USA.

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November 9th 2013

Hurry! Our Big Mr Men & Little Miss Competition Ends Soon!!

Massive heads up peeps! Our amazing Mr Men and Little Miss competition closes tomorrow night at 11:59pm!

All entries must be made over on the competition blog post before then or you will sadly not be able to be in for a chance of winning all of these amazing prizes!

Not only that! We're also giving away TWO runners up prizes which includes their very own Mr. Men and Little Miss Story Treasury Case Bound Book, as well as a Mr Men or Little Miss T-Shirt from TruffleShuffle.com & a character Mug of their choice!

You've got to be in it to win it peeps so make sure you head on over now and follow the simple instructions and be in for a chance of being one of our super lucky winners.

Don't forget to check out some of our amazing and of so exclusive new Little Miss T-Shirts or Mr Men T-Shirts and pick up the perfect chcaratcer to suit your traits for only £14.99.....

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November 4th 2013

COMPETITION! Amazing Mr Men & Little Miss Prizes Up For Grabs!

Mr Men & Little Miss Competition

We're back again with another show-stopping, mouth-dropping and of course ever so RETRO competition!

To celebrate the release of our exclusive range of Mr Men and Little Miss clothing which has literally just hit the site, we've teamed up with Egmont, the lovely people behind the wonderful series of books created by Roger Hargreaves to offer one of our best competition prizes yet!

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