Mr Men visit Titanic Belfast and Giant’s Causeway on Ireland tour

In the latest installment of the popular series of children’s books, Mr Chatterbox seeks to help Mr Quiet, who has always been a man of few words, to find the Blarney Stone in Co Cork, in the hope that he will speak more often.

Iconic Northern Ireland landmark Titanic Belfast is the Mr Men’s first stop on an epic trip throughout the island of Ireland.

The book, which was published earlier this week, sees Mr Men experience the world’s most famous ship throughout the exhibitions nine interpretive galleries, as well as hopping on board SS Nomadic, the last remaining White Star Line vessel with an array of WW1, WW2 history, on top of its Titanic connection.

On their way to Blarney Castle, they also stop off at the Giant’s Causeway and climb the geological wonder.

The Mr Men do a spot of fishing in Galway and enjoy the Kilkenny Arts Festival.

Judith Owens, ceo of Titanic Belfast, said she was “absolutely delighted” that the attraction features in Mr Men in Ireland.

She said: “For nearly 50 years, the Mr Men books have been a one of the nation’s most loved children’s books, therefore, we are absolutely delighted to be featured as their first stop in Ireland.

‘‘Now the Mr. Men have been, we want to encourage you to visit and revisit with your family and to mark the occasion, we are hosting Family February at Titanic Belfast and have unveiled the top five must-do highlights for kids at Titanic Belfast.”

The Mr. Men is a series of children’s books created by English author Roger Hargreaves in 1971. The books were inspired by the author’s son, Adam Hargreves, after he asked him what a tickle looked like - thus the creation of Mr Tickle.

It was rejected by all the major publishers in the UK, but the series had sold more than 1m books within three years.

From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author, but with female characters were published. A similar series of animal characters known as Timbuctoo started in 1978.

Each book in the original Mr. Men and Little Miss series introduced a different title character and his/her single dominant personality trait to convey a simple moral lesson.

After Hargreaves’s death in 1988, his son Adam Hargreaves began writing and illustrating new Mr. Men and Little Miss stories like Mr. Good, Mr. Cool, Mr. Rude and Little Miss Scary.