Fabbri and Partners Ltd., located at 24

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, was an English

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active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the second half of the 1960s, in association with

Fratelli Fabbri Editori Fratelli Fabbri Editori is an Italian publishing house founded in 1947 by the brothers Giovanni, Dino and Ettore 'Rino' Fabbri. Today Fabbri forms part of Rizzoli Libri, which in turn is 100% controlled by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Origins Com ...

of Milan who specialised in this format, they published a series called ''

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'' series: texts accompanied by classical music LPs and issued on a weekly basis. In the 1970s the company became known especially for the ''

Mr. Men ''Mr. Men'' is a British series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves which began publication in August 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author (but with female characters) was published. ...

'' series of illustrated

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and other works by

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 ...

. Further publications included ''Naked Yoga'' by John Adams and Malcolm Leigh.

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