The Enduring Appeal of Mr Men & Little Miss

Little Miss Rei Kawakubo, 2012 Who? In 1971, illustrator Roger Hargreaves created a drawing of a "Mr Tickle" to demonstrate the meaning of tickling to his son Adam – a round, orange figure with long. bendy arms. The first Mr Men character was born. Over 40 years later, the Mr Men and Little Miss family, now with more than 90 characters, are cherished across the world, by all ages. After Hargreaves's death in 1988, his son Adam Hargreaves began writin...