From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Berry Town
Berry Town
town has a loch, a post office, a school, a butcher’s shop, a
bakery, a police station, and a woodland. The town is bor-
dered by mountains to the North.
List of Main Characters
Mr. Huckle • Mayor Logan - The Mayor of Berry Town - A
Loganberry
• Mr. Cran - The Postman - A Cranberry
• Mr. Goose - The Butcher - A Gooseberry
• Sergeant Blue - A Policeman - A Blueberry
• Mr. Black - The Town’s Grump - A Blackberry
• Mr. Huckle - A Fisherman - A Huckleberry
• Dr. Elder - The Doctor, albeit a little bit crazy - An
Elderberry
• Mrs. Straw - The Baker - A Strawberry
• Miss Rasp - Headmistress of Berry Town School - A
Raspberry
• The Boysen Twins - Schoolgirl & Schoolboy -
Author(s) Stephen R. Johnson
Boysenberries
Illustrator David Leonard In addition to appearing in their own books, many of the
above also make cameo appearances in other Berry Town
Country United Kingdom
books.
Language English
Series Berry Town Other characters
Genre(s) Children’s literature These characters appear in the series, but have no story-
Publisher T.H. Publishing
book of their own.
• Pip - Mr. Huckle’s pet Cat.
Publication date 2008 • Owl - Appears in Mr. Black and the invitation.
Media type Print (Paperback) • Sea Monster - Appears in Mr. Huckle and the Loch
Berry Monster.
Pages 20-24 • Bee - Appears in Mrs. Straw and the hungry bee.
ISBN 978-1-906938-01-7 • Tortoise - Appears in every book, but never
mentioned.
Berry Town is a series of children’s books, written by • Leprechaun - Appears in Boysen Twins in Under the
Stephen R. Johnson and illustrated by David Leonard. Rainbow.
Published in the UK in 2008, by T.H. Publishing, the books
tell the stories of a community of berry people, each of
whom is named after a berry type.
Book Titles
As part of Berry-Town’s work towards promoting The book titles always include the name of the main
children and sports, Berry-Town.com are also the official character, and are as follows:
2009/10 sponsors of Senrab_F.C. • Mr. Huckle and the Loch Berry monster (ISBN
978-1-906938-01-7)
• Mrs. Straw and the hungry bee (ISBN
Geography 978-1-906938-00-0)
Berry Town consists of four main streets, simply called • Mr. Cran and the mysterious parcel (ISBN
North Street, East Street, South Street and West Street. 978-1-906938-02-4)
It is thought this idea came from the author’s home vil- • Mayor Logan and the Haunting of County Hall
lage, of Rochford, which has the same four streets. The (Unconfirmed)
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• Sergeant Blue and the case of the stolen sausages • The Post Office - This is Mr. Cran’s working
(ISBN 978-1-906938-04-8) residence.
• Mr. Black and the invitation (ISBN • Mr. Huckle’s House - The home of Mr. Huckle and
978-1-906938-05-5) Pip.
• Miss Rasp and the Unluckiest Day Ever (ISBN South Street
978-1-906938-06-2) • County Hall - Mayor Logan’s residence.
• Mr. Goose in Monster about town (ISBN • Berry Town School - Residence of Miss Rasp.
978-1-906938-07-9) • Boysen Twin’s House - Not that they’re ever there.
• Dr. Elder and the Berry-Copter (ISBN West Street
978-1-906938-08-6) • Bakery - Owned and occupied by Mrs. Straw. Located
• The Boysen Twins in Under the Rainbow (ISBN next to the Butcher’s shop.
978-1-906938-09-3) • Butcher’s Shop - Owned and occupied by Mr. Goose.
Located next to Bakery.
Places • Police Station - Occupied by Mr. Blue. Located next
door to Mr. Black’s House.
There may be further places in Berry Town, but in the • Mr Black’s House - Occupied by Mr. Black. Located
current set of books the following places are mentioned. next to Police Station.
North Street
• Loch Berry - Mr. Huckle and Pip are always hanging
around here on the jetty.
Printings
• Berry Manor - A Ruined old manor house. The first print run of Mrs Straw and the Hungry Bee has on-
• Dr. Elder’s house and workshop. ly 50 copies printed by Forward Press, which is stated in
• Woodland - Opposite Dr. Elder’s house is Berry the Verso, however, the publisher changed printers for
Woods. all following copies of all the other books.
• The Mountains - Way in the distance, up an old dirt The first print run of Sgt. Blue and the Case of the Stolen
track, is the Mountain Range seen in images facing Sausages mistakenly refers to Mr. Black as Mr. Rasp on
North. two separate pages.
East Street
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