Evelyne Lallemand was a French writer, noted for her continuation of

Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have be ...

's ''

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'' in the 1970s, producing an additional eleven books to add to Blyton's fifteen. Nine of them were translated into English by

Anthea Bell Anthea Bell (10 May 1936 – 18 October 2018) was an English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish. These include '' The Castle'' by Franz Kafka, ''Austerlitz'' by W. G. Sebald, the '' In ...

between 1983 and 1987. Lallemand also worked alongside Viviane Cohen and Colette David in writing and illustrating 24

Mr. Men and Little Miss ''Mr. Men and Little Miss'', known in the United States as ''The Mr. Men Show'' and in French as ''Monsieur Bonhomme'', is a 1994–1997 animated children's television series based on the original '' Mr. Men and Little Miss'' books created in ...

books after the death of

Roger Hargreaves Charles Roger Hargreaves (9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children's books. He created the ''Mr. Men'' series, ''Little Miss'' series and ''Timbuctoo'' series, intended for young readers. The simple and ...

in 1988. 13 of those stories were translated into English and became a part of the main series.

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