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
Adam Hargreaves of trial and error," even having completed a foundation course at Brighton Art College. He said that as he taught himself to draw like his father he started to have a real respect for what he had done. He understood his father's sense of humour and that what made the books and the characters so successful is that they are about universal human emotions and the books have a strong sense of morality. In 2004 the family sold the rights to the "Mr. Men" to entertainment group Chorion for £28 million, although Hargreaves remains the public face of the franchise