Adam Hargreaves
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Adam Hargreaves is an English
United Kingdom
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 author
Author
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 and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

. The son of Roger Hargreaves
Roger Hargreaves
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 continues his father's popular Mr. Men
Mr. Men
Mr. Men is a series of 49 children's books by Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971. Two of these books were not published in English. The series features characters with names such as Mr. Tickle and Mr. Happy who have personalities based on their names...

 series of children's books. Hargreaves also served as inspiration for the series. When at the age of six he asked his father "What does a tickle
Tickling
Tickling is the act of touching a part of the body so as to cause involuntary twitching movements and/or laughter. The word evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly. The idiom tickled pink means to be pleased or delighted.In 1897, psychologists G...

 look like?", Roger used that question to create the first book, Mr. Tickle
Mr. Tickle
Mr. Tickle is the first book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.-Overview:Like all Mr. Men, Mr. Tickle has a simplistic look. He is orange with long arms and a small blue hat....

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