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 Adam Hargreaves Adam Hargreaves (born 1963) is an English author and illustrator living in East Sussex. The son of Roger Hargreaves, he continues his father's popular "Mr. Men" series of children's books. The younger Hargreaves also served as inspiration for the series. When at the age of six he asked his father "What does a tickle look like?", Roger used that question to create the first book, Mr. Tickle, which was published in 1971. Hargreaves took over the "Mr. Men" and "Little Miss" cartoon empire after his father's death in 1988, despite initially thinking the series "embarrassing" and "a bit