Mr. Men Miss, "Mr. Birthday" and "Little Miss Birthday" were published. There was also an art exhibition at the Animation Art Gallery in central London. In October 2006, Adam Hargreaves created the first Little Miss character based on a real person, Stella McCartney, which he named "Little Miss Stella". This was published as a limited edition of 1,000 copies for use as fashion show invitations. In February 2011, 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps Entertainment announced plans for an animated film. In 2011, Sanrio, the Japanese design company best known as the creators of Hello Kitty, announced that they had reached an
Adam Hargreaves of trial and error," even having completed a foundation course at Brighton Art College. He said that as he taught himself to draw like his father he started to have a real respect for what he had done. He understood his father's sense of humour and that what made the books and the characters so successful is that they are about universal human emotions and the books have a strong sense of morality. In 2004 the family sold the rights to the "Mr. Men" to entertainment group Chorion for £28 million, although Hargreaves remains the public face of the franchise