Mr. Tickle: 1 (Mr. Men Classic Story Books)

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While Michael Bond’s Paddington is currently celebrating its heritage at the British Library, the Museum of Brands in West London’s Notting Hill is hosting the “Mr Men Little Miss 50th Anniversary” exhibition. There you can see some of the earliest licensed Mr Men products, from bubble baths to plastic radios to the somewhat ironic Mr Greedy low-fat strawberry yogurt. Watching the documentary 50 Years of Mr. Men the other night has inspired me to return to these beloved childhood favourites. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Brooker, Charlie (2 June 2014). "The Mr Men inhabit a godless universe. It's a brutal existence". The Guardian.

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After Hargreaves died from a stroke aged 53, his son Adam created new characters such as Mr Cool and Little Miss Bad. Historians of our turbulent era might note that when the public was allowed to vote for two new characters earlier this year, they opted for Mr Calm and Little Miss Brave. “The Mr Men and Little Miss books are really good at being relatable and helping children to understand the world, emotions and personalities around them,” Exley says. It was not helped by the fact that Roger Hargreaves was rather pioneering when it came to merchandising – blazing a trail for products and goods which would bear his creation in a way which would be capitalised upon by the likes of the original Star Wars movie just a few short years later. Father-of-four Roger had long harboured ambitions of quitting his job in London and giving up the commute. Adam Hargreaves with some of the characters. Picture: SanrioI still think it was the right decision," he says of the decision to sell. "I think for the Mr Men to be owned by one family without the kind of investment that a multi-national company has was going to mean Mr Men would dwindle to a degree and never quite reach its further potential in the future. That was one of the principle reasons for selling. Obviously we got a good offer as well. After suffering a stroke, Roger Hargreaves died at the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. He was just 53. Little Miss Calamity · Little Miss Daredevil · Mr. Scatterbrain · Mr. Stubborn · Mr. Metal · Bunko the Monkey The Hargreaves family was hit by a devastating blow in September 1988. The Hargreaves' family home during the 1980s in Cowden. Picture: Knight Frank

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Mr. Christmas · Mr. Birthday · Little Miss Christmas · Little Miss Birthday · Mr. Moustache · Little Miss Valentine · Dr. Men · Mr. Bolt · Little Miss Waste Less Charles Roger Hargreaves was an English author and illustrator of children's books, notably the Mr. Men and Little Miss series, intended for very young readers. He is Britain's third best-selling author, having sold more than 100 million books.I think that sparked off a chain of thought in my dad, that you could personify a human emotion or characteristic," Adam explains. So I was doing farming and handling the Mr Men business straight after my dad died. My mum stayed there until about 1992 and then she sold the farm."

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The illustrations are brilliant: simple but eye-catchingly bright and complement the text wonderfully. During the 1970s my dad became a wealthy man," explains Adam. "And he enjoyed his success. One of those perks was a very nice house." And it guards the family well. It has taken almost 11 months of patient negotiations and regular reminders to organise the interview with Adam. He enjoyed the business side of it. The creation of a brand, as it were. As well as simple children's book idea."

My mum stayed at the farmhouse and I took over the management of the farm for a few years after he died," explains Adam. By 1976, Hargreaves had quit his day job. In 1981, the Little Miss series of books began to appear. It, too, was made into a television series in 1983, which was narrated by John Alderton, who, with Pauline Collins, voiced the Men and Misses, respectively. Although Hargreaves wrote many other children's stories, including the Timbuctoo series of twenty-five books, John Mouse, and the Roundy and Squary books, he is best known for his 46 Mr. Men books and 33 Little Miss books. The style of the books was, and remains, understated – Hargreaves himself once said, “I can’t draw properly so I have to keep it simple. I’m much too lazy to write a novel, so short stories are ideal for me.” Frank Cottrell-Boyce, author of award-winning children’s books including Millions, describes the Mr Men books as “democratic” – reminiscent of early-reader school books, with a visual simplicity that invites kids to draw the characters themselves. The writing is equally simple – or as Boyce puts it, “very heavy on the exclamation marks”. a b Tait, Amelia (18 August 2021). "How the Mr Men made their millions". New Statesman . Retrieved 26 August 2021. Yet plenty of Mr Men merchandise isn’t aimed at children – in recent years there’s been everything from Mr Grumpy tea towels to 2019’s four Spice Girls stories about Little Misses Ginger, Baby, Scary and Sporty (Exley admits that Adam didn’t know who the pop group were before drawing their characters). A 2018 study by Farshore titled “Media Use and Attitudes” found 51 per cent of those who bought Mr Men books in 2017 did so because of “fond memories of reading them as children”. There is an enormous nostalgia market for the brand, which blossomed when the entertainment group Chorion bought the rights.