Agatha Christie meets Mr Men in new kids’s books

In a primary for Agatha Christie, 4 of the crime novelist’s well-known mysteries are being tailored for kids – with the assistance of the Mr Men and Little Misses.

The illustrated books, geared toward pre-school and first age kids, will function Christie detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple working alongside Roger Hargreaves’s much-loved kids’s characters.

Two of the books might be revealed on Thursday – Little Miss Marple: Muddle on the Vicarage and Mr Poirot: Mischief on the Nile – with two extra to comply with in February.

James Prichard, Agatha Christie’s nice grandson, stated it was a “dream collaboration”.

Prichard, who can be the chair and CEO of Agatha Christie’s property, added: “These clever and very funny re-imaginings of my great grandmother’s stories, which include some of my favourite characters (in rather suspicious circumstances!), are bound to delight fans of both authors.”

Little Miss Marple: Muddle on the Vicarage will see the super-sleuth get entangled when Reverend Muddle suspects there’s been a theft on the vicarage.

The beginner detective is set to uncover the reality with the assistance of Inspector Nonsense and Constable Silly.

In Mr. Poirot: Mischief on the Nile, the Belgian investigator meets Colonel Rush whereas cruising on the Nile. The pair quickly discover themselves uncovering a mischievous thriller with the assistance of Mr Tickle and his terribly lengthy arms.

The two tales are loosely impressed by Christie’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Vicarage, however with a captivating and humorous twist for youthful thriller followers (and fortunately, not a homicide in sight).

Adam Hargreaves, whose father created the Mr Men in 1971, and who has written and illustrated for the sequence himself since 1998, stated: “It has been a real pleasure and an intriguing challenge to bring together the timeless mysteries of Agatha Christie with the playful world of the Mr Men and Little Miss.

“Agatha Christie’s iconic tales now have a brand new twist that neither she nor my father might need imagined!”

The partnership will form part of Agatha Christie Limited’s anniversary programme next year, which will mark 50 years since the celebrated author’s death, 100 years since the publication of Poirot novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and 50 years since the release of Sleeping Murder.

Although not the last book she wrote, the latter was the final novel to be published by Christie, posthumously in 1976, and featured Miss Marple.

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