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List of Mr. Men

book by Roger Hargreaves

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ6590813 ↗
Source-derived summary

The following is a list of Mr. Men, from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves. Books one (Mr. Tickle) to thirty-nine (Mr. Slow) were written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves, while books forty (Mr. Brave) to forty-three (Mr. Cheerful) were ghostwritten by Viviane Cohen and Evelyne Lallemand, and illustrated by Colette David under Roger Hargreaves' name. The remainder were written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves' son, Adam Hargreaves.

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Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “List of Mr. Men” as book by Roger Hargreaves. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current 73-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-04-14. The account is most persuasive where List, book and Roger can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as book by Roger Hargreaves. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6590813. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “List of Mr. Men”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow List of Mr. Men primary sources, List of Mr. Men archive and List research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “List of Mr. Men”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “List of Mr. Men” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.