Mr. Men featuring her character being published; it was sold only in W H Smith branches, with a portion of the proceeds going to a charity supporting children with leukaemia. In 2003 Adam created three new Mr. Men characters and three new Little Miss characters. He also created 'Little Miss Christmas' to accompany 'Mr. Christmas' after this book was rereleased with new illustrations. In April 2004, Hargreaves' widow Christine sold the rights to the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters to UK entertainment group Chorion for £28 million. In 2006, to celebrate 35 years of Mr. Men and 25 years of Little
Reginald Hargreaves Reginald Hargreaves Reginald Gervis Hargreaves (13 October 1852 – 13 February 1926) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hampshire. He also played at first-class level for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), an England XI, Gentlemen of England, I Zingari and AW Ridley's XI. He married Alice Liddell, who as a girl had inspired Lewis Carroll's fantasy stories. Hargreaves made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Kent at Catford Bridge in June 1875, scoring 9 and 1 and taking no wickets as Kent won by an innings inside two days. His next game, against Sussex in the only first-class