The lesson in this surreal fable isn't as obvious as in some of the Mr. Men books. Children probably love Mr. Impossible and his new friend William all the more for it. Good conversation starter.

Yay for thrift stores! ( )

43 months - a friend gave us a copy of this one and O loved it. She also gained a very good grasp of what impossible means. ( )

Think I’m right in stating that as a boy I had all the pre-1990 Mr Men books with the possible exception of “Mr Snow”. Looking at all the covers apart from the latter jogged my memory.

Sadly I remember little about the stories now, despite reading them numerous times during my boyhood, plus watching the Mr Men cartoons more than once.

Reckon the last time I would’ve read these was 1983, though may have returned to them as late as 1985. Although I’ve forgotten almost everything about this title and all the others I feel that owing to the amount of times I read each publication that they all deserve to be rated five stars.

I’m grateful to Roger Hargreaves for brightening up my childhood with both his Mr Men and the Timbuctoo series of books. ( )