Mr. Men

Mr. Men is a British book series created by Roger Hargreaves in 1971. The first book from the Mr. Men franchise was Mr. Tickle and came out along with Mr. Greedy, Mr. Happy, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Sneeze, Mr. Bump, and Mr. Snow. After this seven men, thirty-two men followed.

Roger passed away in 1988 after and rights to his works were handed over to family. Mr. Men creation was handed over to Viviane Cohen (writer), Evelyne Lallemand (translator) and Colette David (illustrator) in the 90's. The trio added Mr. Brave, Mr. Grumble, Mr. Perfect and Mr. Cheerful to the library and several other characters to the French (Exclusive) Library.

A decade later, Adam Hargreaves picked up to start illustrating the books and later to write some of his own, which he continues to this day. His first additions in 2003 were Mr. Cool, Mr. Rude, Mr. Good.

• Mr. Men characters
• Little Miss characters

Gallery

The first ever back cover from 1971

The second back cover, most likely from 1972 or 1973

The third back cover from the mid 1970's

The back cover from the late 1970's and early 1980's

The inside cover of the mid 1980's publications

The back cover from the mid 1980's

The back cover from 1987 to 1990

The back cover from 1990 to 1994

The 1994 back cover

The back cover from 1995

The back cover from the mid to late 1990's

The back cover from 2003 to 2010 but with FSC logo and Mixed Sources

A variant of the 2003 to 2010 back cover

The back cover from 2010 to 2018

The North American back cover from 2016

A back cover from 2012

The most recent back cover of the US publications

Back of the German publications from the 1980's