Google Doodle Celebrates Anniversary Roger Hargreaves

Wednesday, May 11, 2011


Google Doodle again celebrate the important people in the world. Now the search engine giant is celebrating the 76th anniversary of Roger Hargreaves, author and ilustratora British success with his book Mr Men.

Launched by the Guardian, Monday (05/09/2011), Roger Hargreaves birthday has been celebrated with a picture of not less than 16 different Google Doodle. Starting from Mr Forgetful to Little Miss Tiny, doodle drawing changes will occur every time the page is refreshed.

More than 100 million books based on characters Hargreaves have been sold worldwide in 28 countries, while five more were completed by his son Adam.

Hargreaves creation story has been adapted into four animated television series, last aired in Britain on Channel 5 in 2008 and 2009. A total of 46 characters Mr Men and 33 Little Miss invented.

The first of the Mr Men characters is said to have been created when Adam Hargreaves asked his father what a tickle looked like.

Hargreaves drawing the figure with a round orange body and long, arm rubber, not long after Mr Tickle was born.

Adam, who said that the simplicity of character is the key to their success, took over running the cartoon kingdom of his father after his father died of a stroke in 1988 at the age of 53 years.

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