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Professor Branestawm is a series of thirteen children's books written by the English author Norman Hunter. Professor Theophilus Branestawm is depicted throughout the books as the archetypal absent-minded professor and his name is a variant of the word "brainstorm". The first two books in the series were first published in the 1930s, but the ...
The following is a list of Little Miss characters from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television programme The Mr. Men Show. Books one (Little Miss Bossy) to twenty-one (Little Miss Contrary) were written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves, while books twenty-two (Little Miss Busy) to thirty ...
Corduroy is a 1968 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman, and published by The Viking Press. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [1] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [2]
Timbuctoo is a series of 25 children's books, written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves, better known for his Mr. Men and Little Miss series. It was published from 1978 to 1979, with selected reprints in 1993 and 1999. The books tell the stories of a group of animals, each of whom is named after the sound that their particular animal makes.
Pages in category "Characters in children's literature" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2010 a box set of 50 books was released; this photo is from the 2014 version. ISBN 978-1-4052-5548-6. This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Children's literature portal The following is a list of Mr. Men, from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television ...
Jason Fox is the youngest child of the family and is considered the nerdiest person in the family. A 10-year-old boy who wears glasses (though his pupils are unseen), he is shown to be very intelligent, and is often relied on to help Roger with taxes, or Peter and Paige with homework.
For the film versions of the characters, O'Malley sent crib sheets that explained the backstory, character motivations, and events in the book to Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright. Bacall then created a list of "ten secret things" for each character, according to O'Malley, for fun, and many of the entries were jokes: O'Malley said that the "ten ...