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
James McKinley Hargreaves James McKinley Hargreaves Sergeant James McKinley Hargreaves was a Scottish World War I flying ace. Despite being an observer, he became one of the first flying aces in history while flying with Lionel Rees, . Hargreaves joined the Royal Flying Corps in early 1913, aged 30, receiving service number 1232. He was assigned No. 11 Squadron, the first British flying squadron to be equipped with a purpose-built fighter aircraft, the pusher Vickers Gunbus. The squadron arrived in France on 25 July 1915, at approximately the time Adolphe Pegoud became the first ace in history. Three days later, Hargreaves scored his