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
Timbuctoo on characters of books; the first later released on VHS as "Neigh Finds a New Home and Other Stories" in March 1999, and Series 2 released as "Woof Has Forgotten How to Bark and Other Stories" in February 2000. It was later rebroadcast by Nick Jr. in 2001 along with "Mr. Men and Little Miss". Timbuctoo Timbuctoo is a series of 26 children's books, written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves, better known for his "Mr Men" series. It was published from 1978–79. The books tell the stories of a group of animals, each of whom is named after the sound