Mr. Men Miss, "Mr. Birthday" and "Little Miss Birthday" were published. There was also an art exhibition at the Animation Art Gallery in central London. In October 2006, Adam Hargreaves created the first Little Miss character based on a real person, Stella McCartney, which he named "Little Miss Stella". This was published as a limited edition of 1,000 copies for use as fashion show invitations. In February 2011, 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps Entertainment announced plans for an animated film. In 2011, Sanrio, the Japanese design company best known as the creators of Hello Kitty, announced that they had reached an
Roger Hargreaves years. In 1974 the books spawned a BBC animated television series, narrated by Arthur Lowe. A second series the following year saw newer titles transmitted in double bill format with those from the first series. By 1976, Hargreaves had quit his day job. In 1981 the Little Miss series of books was launched, and in 1983 it also was made into a television series, narrated by Pauline Collins, and her husband John Alderton. Although Hargreaves wrote many other children's stories—including the Timbuctoo series of 25 books, John Mouse and the Roundy and Squarey books—he is best known for his 46