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Some here know this character from school days...back in the late 70's I learned to read by these books at school and I found them online a couple years ago from a bookstore of rare books.
Just thought some of you who may hear "Oh look Mr Mugs"...aside from the Shaggy Dog this character was a huge thing in my world. Making me want one for most of my life.
The story is his parents buy the dog, the dog has to come to him via a jet, and they pick him up at the airport...making him a jet pet.
My Collection:
The book with every page about Mr Mugs:
Inside this book:
The other books have many other short stories, with only one about Mr Mugs:
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| Thanks! I had never seen this until one day on eBay. It's great you have all the books for your kids to read too! |
| LOL. I learned to read with Mr. Mugs too. My sister uses them with her special needs kids. Everyone always says to me "Look its Mr. Mugs". I love those books. |
| They kind of replaced the Dick and Jane books, it is funny to read some of these stories now and again today completely different. |
| They look cute, as well as very sheepie! Are they Canadian books? - I've never seen them before. |
| They are Canadian books, published by Ginn and Company, a divison of Xerox. circa 1976 |
How adorable and they look perfect for Jake right now as a beginning reader.  I'll have to search for some on ebay. |
How fun! Very cute.
Poor Mr. Muggs--he got kidnapped! |
I've never seen these books either. They're very nice, though. I'd enjoy having them to read to my niece and nephews.  |
I love Mr Muggs!!!
Thanks Daisie for providing some titles as I was only aware of one or two of them.
Marianne and the boys |
| Those are amazing. I've never seen them before. |
| I've never heard of Mr. Mugs before. He looks like a cute character! |
Since they are Canadian books, do they teach the kids to end their sentences with "eh"? 
*ducks" |
| I think I see a chance for Ron to insert here that if you decide to buy these books on Amazon that you need to go through oes.org link so he gets the money. I did a quick search and there are a couple available. |
| I just did a quick search and couldn't find them on Amazon. Maybe some will be around on Ebay? They're beautiful books! |
| Mr. Mugs has kind of a mullet going on. |
Ah I didn't know they were just Canadian. So I guess the rest of you (non-Canadians) don't get that when you go out LOOK! it is Mr. Mugs!!! haha!
You know I never imagined how much attention I would get with Laika. I live in a small town, and even when I go into the city. I am surrounded by people taking pictures even. I say if I need to go somewhere fast never take the dog. It is fun though I get to meet lots of people. |
spacegirl21 wrote:
Ah I didn't know they were just Canadian. So I guess the rest of you (non-Canadians) don't get that when you go out LOOK! it is Mr. Mugs!!! haha! |
I get the "Look, it's Mr. Mugs" all the time too - but until yesterday I had no idea who Mr. Mugs was. Maybe I'm too young?! |
| Hi there, I grew up with Mr. Mugs in the 70's too. I have very few memories of my childhood, but this one was enjoyable! Just bought my first copy today! I will pass them down to my Grandchild Tallie! I'm so happy and had a good cry too! |
I see it on ebay and may have to get some! ...although w/these new guidelines about what you can sell, are they allowed to sell books this old? I better hurry.  |
I would love to start collecting them for my "one day in the future" grandchildren.
How precious! |
That's how I learnt my english, is through these books in school. When people ask me what kind of breed he is and they don't understand either berger anglais or oes, then I say remember when in school....Mr Muggs.. I always get AHH YESSSS ! unless they are in their 20's then they say uh no it wasn't in my mom's time  |
Joahaeyo wrote:
...although w/these new guidelines about what you can sell, are they allowed to sell books this old? I better hurry. |
Collectibles. |
Fitz gets "Oh look, it's Mr. Mugs!" almost as much as he gets "Oh look, it's the Shaggy Dog!" and a bit more than he gets "Oh look, it's the Dulux dog!" I can tell people's age and country of origin just from their comments.  |
