Roger Hargreaves's Mr.Men and Little Miss books

Roger Hargreaves was an English author and illustrator of children's books, best known for his series of Mr.Men and Little Miss books. The simple and humorous stories with brightly colored and boldly drawn little characters have been a part of many peoples' early childhoods since 1971, with sales of over 85 million copies worldwide in 20 different languages. The characters were most often named after their personalities and actions and indirectly taught children what's wrong and right whilst also telling an entertaining story. Some characters included in the photo on the left are named "Mr.Tickle, Mr.Angry, Little Miss Sunshine, Mr.Lazy, Mr.Tall, and Mr.Nosey" and these are only a fraction of a fraction of the amount of characters published and read by children all across the world. In memory of Roger Hargreaves Google also celebrated what would have been his 76th birthday, 9 May 2011, with 16 different "Google Doodles" on it's global homepage.