Roger Hargreaves writing and drawing the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters with new stories (while signing the covers in his father's signature). However, in April 2004 Hargreaves's widow Christine sold the rights to the Mr. Men characters to the UK entertainment group Chorion, for £28 million. Hargreaves and his wife had four children: Adam, Giles and twins Sophie and Amelia. The first of the Mr. Men characters is reported to have been created when Adam, at age 6, asked his father what a tickle looked like. Hargreaves drew a figure with a round orange body and long rubbery arms, which became
Herbert Hargreaves with his first ball against Cambridge University in 1934. He had connections with Hull Town C.C. and Sheffield United C.C., and went to Perth, Scotland, as a professional in 1939. Hargreaves died in September 1990, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. His son, John Hargreaves, played Minor County cricket for Suffolk, including a Gillette Cup match in 1966. Herbert Hargreaves Herbert Silvester Hargreaves (30thMarch 1913 – 29 September 1990) was an English first-class cricketer, who played nineteen matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1934 and 1938. He also appeared for Yorkshire Second XI between 1934 and 1938, and the Minor