Mr. Men

Mr. Men are an English series of children's books and media franchise written and illustrated by English author Roger Hargreaves which began publication in August 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author (but with female characters) was published. A similar series, but with animal characters, 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 starting in 2003. Each book in the original Mr. Men and Little Miss series introduced a different title character and their single dominant personality trait to convey a simple moral lesson. Mr. Men and Little Miss characters frequently reappear in other characters' books. As of 2021, a total of 92 Mr. Men and Little Miss characters had been featured in the series. The books' simple stories, with brightly coloured, boldly drawn illustrations, have sold over 250 million copies worldwide across 28 countries.