Mr Sneeze lived in Coldland where everybody is cold and everybody sneezes. Then one day Mr Sneeze decided that he didn't want to sneeze anymore, so he left Coldland to find the sun. Will Mr Sneeze find sunny weather and stop sneezing?
In 1971 while working as the creative director at a London firm, he wrote the first Mr. Men book, Mr. Tickle. Initially he had difficulty finding a publisher, but once he did the books became an instant success, selling over one million copies within three years. In 1974 the books spawned a BBC animated television series, narrated by Arthur Lowe. A second series the following year saw newer titles transmitted in double bill format with those from the first series.<br><br>By 1976, Hargreaves had quit his day job. In 1981 the Little Miss series of books was launched, and in 1983 it also was made into a television series, narrated by Pauline Collins, and her husband John Alderton.
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