Most Popular Books by Raymond Briggs

Pictures and brief text follow a rather disgruntled Santa Claus on his annual rounds.

To the dismay of his parents and friends, a prehistoric boy continually thinks of making things softer, warmer, and nicer, rather than being content in a world of stone.

Father Christmas visits France, Scotland, and Las Vegas while on his annual vacation.

Celebrate 60 years of the creator of The Snowman, Raymond Briggs's, ultimate nursery rhyme collection, The Mother Goose Treasury with this beautiful foiled edition. From well-known favourites to hidden gems, this collection of over 200 nursery rhymes has something for every child. This revised edition of a famous classic first won the Kate Greenaway in 1966 and continues to delight and surprise new generations of young readers. More classic stories from Raymond Briggs: The Snowman - a wordless picture book Father Christmas Father Christmas Goes on Holiday The Bear Jim and the Beanstalk The Elephant and the Bad Baby

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.

A wonderful hand puppet book based on Raymond Briggs's classic, The Snowman. A little boy built a Snowman, and the Snowman came to life! Re-enact the magic of The Snowman with this brilliantly interactive hand puppet book - wave hello, cuddle and play with the Snowman as he is brought to life! Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists. Born in Wimbledon in 1934, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and went on to produce a treasure trove of work. He has created characters that are now icons for generations of children, including Fungus the Bogeyman, Father Christmas and, of course, the beloved Snowman. His original Mother Goose was published in 1966, it won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award in 1967 and is now back in print over 40 years later.

In his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death. and doesn''t like them much. Illustrated with Briggs''s inimitable pencil drawings, Time for Lights Out is a collection of short pieces, some funny, some melancholy, some remembering his wife who died young, others about the joy of grandchildren, of walking the dog. He looks back at his schooldays and his time as an evacuee during the war, and remembers his parents and the house in which he grew up. But most, like this one, are about his home in Sussex- Looking round this house, What will they say, The future ghosts? There must have been Some barmy old bloke here, Long-haired, artsy-fartsy type, Did pictures for kiddy books Or some such tripe. You should have seen the stuff He stuck up in that attic! Snowman this and snowman that, Tons and tons of tat.

From Raymond Briggs, the beloved and bestselling author of The Snowman, comes his first book in a decade, now in an updated edition with new columns and illustrations. Notes from the Sofa is a beautifully illustrated compilation of reflections on life and what it means to get older. Raymond dips into his past to remind us of scrumping apples, National Service, party lines on telephones, the torment of cinema organs and the endless obsession with laxatives, alongside his take on the absurdities of the modern world. This collection gives us warm and memorable sketches of Raymond’s life now and reminds us why he is one of our best-loved storytellers.

Gentleman Jim was originally released in England in 1980 and is now regarded as one of the first English language graphic novels ever published.

This is the story of the author''s parents'' marriage, from their first, chance encounter to their deaths, with nothing invented and nothing embroidered, told in Briggs'' unique strip-cartoon format.

With shaped magnets to complete each scene, youngsters will really feel a part of these Raymond Briggs classics. Simple sentences guide the child, while a final gatefold encourages imaginative play.

A boy constructs a snowman. On board pages.

This a humour book inspired by Fungus the Bogeyman that should appeal to younger readers. It is packed with Fungus facts, bogey jokes and slimy rhymes.

In the first of two stories a reluctant Father Christmas makes his annual deliveries. The second concerns his holidays in France, Scotland and Las Vegas. Comic-style pictures and balloons.

1 volume : 21 x 24 cm