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
Roger Hargreaves Mr. Tickle. He recalls that his father was 6 ft 5in (1.96 m) tall. The book Little Miss Twins was written for Hargreaves' twin daughters. Some "Mr. Men" books have Hargreaves drawn in them. He appears in: Google celebrated what would have been his 76th birthday, 9 May 2011, with a series of 16 Google Doodles on its global homepage. Roger Hargreaves Charles Roger Hargreaves (9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) publishing as Roger Hargreaves, was an English author and illustrator of children's books, best remembered for the "Mr. Men" and "Little Miss" series, intended for very young readers.