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Mr. Men & Little Miss Magic
Little Miss Stubborn and the Unicorn
Do you believe in unicorns?
Little Miss Stubborn certainly doesn't! But when her friends say that they have met one, she is determined to meet this strange horse. The Mr Men and Little Miss Magic series takes kids on a series of sparkling adventures where they meet some extraordinary characters including a dragon, an ogre, a mermaid, a princess, a fairy, pirates and many others. These colourful adventures will delight children of two years and upwards. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience.
Little Miss Stubborn certainly doesn't! But when her friends say that they have met one, she is determined to meet this strange horse. The Mr Men and Little Miss Magic series takes kids on a series of sparkling adventures where they meet some extraordinary characters including a dragon, an ogre, a mermaid, a princess, a fairy, pirates and many others. These colourful adventures will delight children of two years and upwards. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience.
32 pages, Paperback
First published June 2, 2008
About the author
Roger Hargreaves
1,363 books383 followersRoger Hargreaves was a British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He created the Mr. Men series, Little Miss series and Timbuctoo series, intended for young readers. The simple and humorous stories, with bold, brightly coloured illustrations, have sales of more than 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages.
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January 1, 2017
As I'm not feeling at all well today, I'm indulging in quick easy reads.
Hargreaves at his best - it was colourful, daft and Little Miss Stubborn was as stubborn as ever. Oh, and there's a unicorn too! What's not to love.
Hargreaves at his best - it was colourful, daft and Little Miss Stubborn was as stubborn as ever. Oh, and there's a unicorn too! What's not to love.
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December 13, 2025Mr. Men Little Miss Advent Calendar Storybook Collection - Day 9
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But, it's a real unicorn!!
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But, it's a real unicorn!!
July 13, 2022
Little Miss Stubborn is very stubborn and when other Mr Men and Little Misses talk about seeing a unicorn, she refuses to believe them and says unicorns don’t exist. What happens when she finds the unicorn in her garden? You’ll have to read it for yourself and find out!
Mr Men books bring joy and happiness to both children and adult
Mr Men books bring joy and happiness to both children and adult
January 14, 2022
Someone denying the facts in front of their faces…very timely.
April 9, 2021
I am fairly well acquainted with this book, having read it scores of times over the last couple of months (in a big, chunky, durable braille-print facing-page edition) and very well acquainted with a little Miss Stubborn who is not quite so round or purple and is considerably more real even than the unicorn...
As well as being a bit of silly fun, and the opportunity for all sorts of regional accents, this book is a meditation on the limits of self-satisfied critical thinking. It also reminded me of Jesus' parable of Dives and Lazarus (found in Luke 16), which ends with the character of Abraham in dialogue with a rich man (in torment) after death, who pleads that the poor man (Lazarus, in paradise) be sent back to earth to warn his profligate brothers of coming judgement:
Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.”
“No, father Abraham,” he said, “but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.”
He said to him, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.”
As well as being a bit of silly fun, and the opportunity for all sorts of regional accents, this book is a meditation on the limits of self-satisfied critical thinking. It also reminded me of Jesus' parable of Dives and Lazarus (found in Luke 16), which ends with the character of Abraham in dialogue with a rich man (in torment) after death, who pleads that the poor man (Lazarus, in paradise) be sent back to earth to warn his profligate brothers of coming judgement:
Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.”
“No, father Abraham,” he said, “but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.”
He said to him, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.”
March 25, 2017
Quite ironically, Littlest chose this book for bedtime reading (yes, for someone who is stubborn about choosing her own kinfe and fork for dinner and *not* wanting to eat her dinner!) and it is indeed another bit of fun.
Little Miss Stubborn obviously has yet to learn anything in life and here we have her stubbornly refuting the whimsical reports of Mr Men and LIttle Miss who tell her about a Unicorn.
This could, of course, could be an allegory about how critical thinking can go wrong, or how faith in something (or the lack of something) could be shown to be unfounded when in the faith of evidence for that something.
But, it's probably just a story about how funny Little Miss Stubborn can be with her steadfast refusal to be swayed by others, I suspect.
Little Miss Stubborn obviously has yet to learn anything in life and here we have her stubbornly refuting the whimsical reports of Mr Men and LIttle Miss who tell her about a Unicorn.
This could, of course, could be an allegory about how critical thinking can go wrong, or how faith in something (or the lack of something) could be shown to be unfounded when in the faith of evidence for that something.
But, it's probably just a story about how funny Little Miss Stubborn can be with her steadfast refusal to be swayed by others, I suspect.
February 10, 2025
Une histoire bien sympathique pour apprendre le sens du mot "têtu.e" ! Et si en plus la couverture est rose avec une licorne, quoi de mieux ?! (Il y a même des paillettes, si, si, je vous jure !)
N'empêche, si le côté marketing est réussi on a bien apprécié l'histoire aussi et cette Madame Têtue... elle est VRAIMENT têtue !
Mais au fait, ça existe les licornes ?
N'empêche, si le côté marketing est réussi on a bien apprécié l'histoire aussi et cette Madame Têtue... elle est VRAIMENT têtue !
Mais au fait, ça existe les licornes ?
January 21, 2020
Little Miss Stubborn refuses to believe in unicorns even when she comes face-to-face with one.
December 10, 2021
Advent Calendar #9
No lasting excitement here for Noah, but he was starting to grasp the story line and enjoyed the unicorn’s first appearance.
No lasting excitement here for Noah, but he was starting to grasp the story line and enjoyed the unicorn’s first appearance.
August 5, 2023
i’m calling this, ✨i’m in a reading slump but i need to catch up with my reading goal✨
“And Mr Muddle declared that he had seen a unicycle.
Although, of course he had meant to say a Unicorn”.
“And Mr Muddle declared that he had seen a unicycle.
Although, of course he had meant to say a Unicorn”.
December 9, 2023
Great ending it made me laugh.
December 9, 2023
Day 9 of my Mr Men and Little Miss Advent Calendar...........
.......... is Little Miss Stubborn and the Unicorn! This is one I have read before - I thought I was stubborn, but Little Miss Stubborn out-stubborn's me!! It's a good book but not a favourite.
.......... is Little Miss Stubborn and the Unicorn! This is one I have read before - I thought I was stubborn, but Little Miss Stubborn out-stubborn's me!! It's a good book but not a favourite.
August 28, 2009
Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, Little Miss Stubborn maintains her disbelief in unicorns.
January 10, 2012
The book itself is a little whatever, but it has a unicorn in it and it sparkles.
May 10, 2015
Rosanne a bien aimé!
December 1, 2016
Cute! I'm little miss stubborn and she is me!
February 27, 2019
Lillie Miss Stubborn really proves her name in this silly stubborn tale for refusing to believe what everyone around her sees, even when it’s staring her right in the face.
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