But his original ambition was to be a cartoonist and, in 1971, while he was working as the creative director at a London firm, he wrote the first Mr. He spent a year working in his father's laundry and dry-cleaning business before starting out in advertising. Hargreaves was born in a private hospital at 201 Bath Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England, to Alfred Reginald and Ethel Mary Hargreaves, and grew up in High Lees, 703 Halifax Road, also in Cleckheaton, outside of which there now is a commemorative plaque. The books' simple and silly stories, with bright-coloured, boldly drawn illustrations, have been part of popular culture for over 25 years, with sales over 100 million worldwide in 15 languages. Men and Little Miss series, intended for very young readers. Charles Roger Hargreaves ( - 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children's books, notably the Mr.
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