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
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