Mr. Men featuring her character being published; it was sold only in W H Smith branches, with a portion of the proceeds going to a charity supporting children with leukaemia. In 2003 Adam created three new Mr. Men characters and three new Little Miss characters. He also created 'Little Miss Christmas' to accompany 'Mr. Christmas' after this book was rereleased with new illustrations. In April 2004, Hargreaves' widow Christine sold the rights to the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters to UK entertainment group Chorion for £28 million. In 2006, to celebrate 35 years of Mr. Men and 25 years of Little
John Hargreaves (Queensland politician) recovered but a memorial to him is at the Cooktown Cemetery. At the 1904 Queensland state election, Hargreaves won the seat of Cook for the Ministerialists, defeating the Labour candidate, Mr Le Vaux by two votes. As it was only four months before the 1907 Queensland state election when he died, no by-election was held. Hargreaves had previously been a councilor on the Shire of Cook and was its Mayor from 1901 until 1904. John Hargreaves (Queensland politician) John Henry Hargreaves (1839 - 19 January 1907) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Hargreaves was born in Gravesend, Kent,