Raymond Briggs

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1) The Snowman and the Snowdog

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Random House Children's Books

Pub. Date

2013

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

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A new Christmas classic based on Raymond Briggs's holiday favorite THE SNOWMAN.
In this picture book, a little boy builds a snow puppy—in hopes of getting a real one for Christmas—next to his snowman. That night the Snowman comes to life and takes the boy and the Snowdog on an adventure to the world of Snow People. But the best is yet to come on Christmas morning, when a real live puppy is waiting under the tree.
Based on the original...

2) Father Christmas

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Puffin

Pub. Date

c1973.

Language

English

Description

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Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman, tells a magical Christmas story that will appeal to everyone who wants to believe in Santa Claus. Meet Father Christmas: a very human gift-giver with a tough job to do. You'll find out that he sometimes gets a little grumpy living at the icy North Pole and squeezing down chimneys, but he more than makes up for it in heart and humour. Raymond Briggs brings this endearing character to life in over 100 wonderfully...

3) The snowman

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

1978.

Language

English

Description

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When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight above beautiful cities and strange lands.

4) The Puffin Mother Goose treasury

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Puffin

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

5) The white land: a picture book of traditional rhymes and verses

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Coward-McCann

Pub. Date

c1963.

Language

English

6) Jim and the beanstalk

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Coward-McCann

Pub. Date

c1970.

Language

English

Description

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An adaptation of Jack and the beanstalk.

7) The puddleman

Author

Briggs, Raymond

Publisher

Red Fox

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

Description

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A young boy on a walk with his grandfather comes across the puddleman, a man who places the puddles, named after members of the boy's family, in their appropriate spots in the lane.

8) The Christmas book

Author

Reeves, James

Publisher

Dutton

Pub. Date

1968.

Language

English

9) The adventures of Bert

Author

Ahlberg, Allan

Publisher

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Description

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Bert is a friendly chap who has many strange and exciting adventures. For instance, one morning as he struggles to put on a shirt, Bert falls down the stairs, out the door, and into the back of a truck, which takes him on an unplanned journey to Scotland.

10) Peter and the piskies: Cornish folk and fairy tales

Author

Manning-Sanders, Ruth

Publisher

Roy

Pub. Date

c1958.

Language

English

11) The snowman: Father Christmas

Publisher

Columbia TriStar Home Video

Pub. Date

c1998.

Language

English

Description

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The snowman: A young boy's snowman comes to life and escorts him on a fantasy dream visit to the North Pole. Father Christmas: Exhausted from his annual exertions, Father Christmas decides to convert his sleigh to a camper and go on holiday.

12) When the wind blows

Publisher

Film Four

Pub. Date

c2010.

Language

English

Description

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With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.