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Little Miss Sunshine Google Doodle

Long before Harry Potter, The Babysitters Club series and all of the Ramona books, there was Mr. Men and Little Miss. In fact, I remember being particularly fond of Little Miss Sunshine (the book, not the movie, not that the movie was bad).

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the author and illustrator of the Mr. Men and Little Miss books, Charles Roger Hargreaves (May 9, 1935 – September 11, 1988), who would have been 76 years old today.

The first of the Mr. Men characters is said have been created when his Hargreaves' son Adam asked him what a tickle looked like. And thus Mr. Tickle was born.

So if you're feeling nostalgic, visit Google today, and be sure to refresh your browser to see all 16 Mr. Men and Little Miss Google Doodles.

> Illustrated chart of all Mr. Men and Little Miss characters