The latest adaptation of Agatha Christie\u2019s works features an unlikely new suspect: Mr Tickle, of Mr Men and Little Miss fame.<\/p>\n
Joining the likes of Mr Nosey and Little Miss Chatterbox are Mr Poirot and Little Miss Marple, who star in new retellings of some of Christie\u2019s most famous stories.<\/p>\n
Little Miss Marple: Muddle at the Vicarage and Mr Poirot: Mischief on the Nile are published today, marking the first time the queen of crime\u2019s works have been reimagined for preschool and primary school-aged children in illustrated book format. Two further titles will follow in February.<\/p>\n
Christie\u2019s great-grandson, James Prichard, who is CEO of Agatha Christie Ltd, said that as a lifelong fan of the Mr Men and Little Miss books, it has \u201calways\u201d been his wish to put Poirot and Miss Marple into that universe, describing the project as a \u201cdream collaboration\u201d.<\/p>\n
The cover of Little Miss Marple: Muddle at the Vicarage. Photograph: THOIP\/Agatha Christie Ltd<\/p>\n
In Muddle at the Vicarage, Little Miss Marple lives in St Mary Mead, the fictional village created by Christie, and is friends with Mr Nosey and Little Miss Chatterbox. When Reverend Muddle suspects there\u2019s been a theft at the vicarage, and there are further mysteries \u201cof the rather muddled kind\u201d, Little Miss Marple is \u201csure she can help Inspector Nonsense and Constable Silly uncover the truth\u201d, according to publisher HarperCollins.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Mischief on the Nile, Mr Poirot escapes winter with a cruise on the Nile when he meets his friend Colonel Rush, who travels the world tracking down criminals. Poirot\u2019s holiday \u201csoon includes much mischief and a mystery to solve,\u201d with many Mr Men and Little Miss suspects, including Mr Tickle, said the publisher.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor many of us, reading is a habit that begins in childhood, often nurtured by the books shared with us by parents and grandparents,\u201d said Silvia Figini, COO of Sanrio, the company behind the Mr Men and Little Miss brand. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s so rewarding to see our Mr Men and Little Miss characters play a part in introducing Agatha Christie\u2019s iconic mysteries to a new generation. This collaboration brings together two beloved storytelling worlds in a playful and engaging way, and we\u2019re thrilled for fans to discover these fresh takes on her classic tales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest adaptation of Agatha Christie\u2019s works features an unlikely new suspect: Mr Tickle, of Mr Men and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":325045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-325044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115420437515682394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}