Books written by Raymond Briggs

Ivor the Invisible

For the first time, Raymond Briggs has written a story especially for the screen and this book uses images based on his original drawings, selected and compiled by Sue Tong.
Notes From the Sofa

Igor Andronov Andy Annett Philippa Arthan Clare Axton Melissa Baddeley Alan Baker Nicola Balkind Derren Ball Jason Ballinger Paul Bamford Adrian and Annie Banham Audrey and Edith Bannister Sue Ann Barber David Barlow Bob Baughan Juliet ...
Raymond Briggs' The Snowman

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

Based on Raymond Briggs's classic, this beautiful illustrated Step into Reading book describes the exciting things that happen to James and his magical snowman.
Baby and Toddler Treasury

Baby and Toddler Treasury
The Bear

Tilly soon finds out that a big bear can cause big problems - he takes a LOT of looking after! But when she describes the bear's latest antics to her parents they think he's a figment of her imagination - but is he?
The Tin-Pot Foreign General And the Old Iron Woman

This controversial book's infamous stars - General Leopoldo Galtieri and Margaret Thatcher - are depicted as robotic caricatures with a pointless blood lust. Now available as an eBook for the first time.
Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers

Raymond Briggs’s funniest creation–the Boy Wonder of the Stone Age.This funny, sad, yet wonderfully life-affirming story is about a misunderstood boy genius who refuses to accept the limitations of the...
Unlucky Wally

Unlucky Wally
Jim and the Beanstalk

Jim climbs the beanstalk and discovers a toothless old giant who can no longer eat little boys.
Jim and the Beanstalk

A re-telling of the classic children's story by the author and illustrator of the best-selling Snowman. Jim finds a beanstalk growing outside his window one morning, and follows his famous predecessor up to the top . . .
The Snowman

The pictures in this wordless story have "the hazy softness of air in snow. A little boy rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive...
Fungus the Bogeyman

Fungus the Bogeyman
Father Christmas

Raymond Briggs' irreverent Christmas story is one of his best-loved picture books and has been treasured by generations for forty years.
Father Christmas

Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman, tells a magical Christmasstory that will appeal to everyone who wants to believe in Santa Claus.Meet Father Christmas: a very human gift-giver with a...
Fungus the Bogeyman

Briggs has created a whole new world in this sophisticated cartoon-strip picture book for older children which will entice the most reluctant of readers into books.
Fungus the Bogeyman

Everyday life in Bogeydom is examined as Fungus the Bogeyman describes the skills of scaring people in the nighttime and living underground amidst slime and grime in the daytime.
The Snowman Storybook

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him into his home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside. Unlike the original edition, this version has words.
When the Wind Blows

Raymond Briggs' now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack on an elderly couple in his usual humorous yet macabre way.
Raymond Briggs's Christmas Little Library1

Based on Raymond briggs' bestselling favourites The Snowman and Father Christmas, there are four conceptbased books, including words, weather, opposites and counting.