New Releases by Raymond Briggs

Enfin, on va tout découvrir sur ce qui arrive la veille de Noël, pendant la nuit du réveillon et ce que devient notre vieil ami le lendemain...

Early one morning, Jim woke up and saw a massive plant growing outside his window . . . In this re-telling of the classic children''s story by author of The Snowman Raymond Briggs, a little boy called Jim finds a beanstalk outside his window one morning. Like his predecessor Jack, he decides to climb it - and at the top, he finds a huge castle and a rather grumpy giant. But this giant isn''t at all what Jim expected . . . This funny and yet heartwarming story showcases the importance of friendship, problem-solving, and above all - kindness. More classic stories from Raymond Briggs: The Snowman - the wordless picture book Father Christmas UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age The Elephant and the Bad Baby

Briggs'' drawings capture the charm and livliness of Peter and Iona Opie''s version of 408 old nursery rhymes.

Relates how Captain Shackleton braved ice, thirst, wind, and storm across eight hundred miles of rough ocean in order to bring help to the rest of his crew stranded on a frozen Antarctic island.

A collection of English nursery rhymes.