Mr. Men Roger Hargreaves died in 1988 and his son Adam was to take over the franchise. When these books were released in the United States, several terms were changed to their American terms. In France, illustrator Colette David and writers Viviane Cohen and Evelyne Lallemand produced a number of new characters that were not released anywhere else in the world. The characters 'Mr. Crosspatch', 'Mr. No', 'Little Miss Yes', 'Little Miss All-Goes-Well', 'Little Miss Loud', 'Little Miss Careful', 'Little Miss Brilliant', 'Little Miss Busy-Body', 'Little Miss Vain', 'Little Miss Prim', and 'Little Miss Selfish' were only released in France and Greece
Mr. Men and Little Miss released on DVD several times in the UK, there has not been a DVD release of the US version as of 2018. The series was French produced as can be seen by the inclusion of characters only seen in France such as Little Miss Prim in 'Mr Cheerful Doffs his Hat'. The French version had lyrics to the theme tune and a selection of episodes were novelized in France. These books finally became available in England in 2014. Mr. Men and Little Miss Mr. Men and Little Miss (also called "The Mr. Men Show" in the US) was a British