Mr. Men Mr. Men Mr. Men is a series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971. 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. 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", "Little Miss Scary", "Little Miss Bad" and "Little Miss Whoops". Each book in the original Mr. Men and Little Miss series introduced a different
Roger Hargreaves up at 703 Halifax Road, Hartshead Moor, Cleckheaton, outside of which there now is a commemorative plaque. Hargreaves attended Sowerby Bridge Grammar School (now Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge). He then spent a year working in his father's laundry and dry-cleaning business before gaining employment in advertising. His original ambition was to be a cartoonist, and in 1971, while working as the creative director at a London firm, he wrote the first Mr. Men book, "Mr. Tickle". Initially he had difficulty finding a publisher, but once he did the books became an instant success, selling over one million copies within three