Raymond Briggs
b. 1934 – d. 2022 · 108 books
Biography
Raymond Briggs was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, to parents Ernest Redvers Briggs (1900–1971), a milkman, and Ethel Bowyer (1895–1971), a former lady's maid-turned-housewife, who married in 1930. His other known relatives are: an adoptive paternal grandmother (his father's step-mother), his maternal grandparents, and two maternal uncles who died during childhood.
He attended Rutlish School, at that time a grammar school, pursued cartooning from an early age and, despite his father's attempts to discourage him from this unprofitable pursuit, attended the Wimbledon School of Art from 1949 to 1953 to study painting, and Central School of Art to study typography.
From 1953 to 1955, he was a National Service conscript in the Royal Corps of Signals at Catterick, where he was made a draughtsman. After this, he returned to study painting at Slade School of Fine Art at University College, London, graduating in 1957.
He attended Rutlish School, at that time a grammar school, pursued cartooning from an early age and, despite his father's attempts to discourage him from this unprofitable pursuit, attended the Wimbledon School of Art from 1949 to 1953 to study painting, and Central School of Art to study typography.
From 1953 to 1955, he was a National Service conscript in the Royal Corps of Signals at Catterick, where he was made a draughtsman. After this, he returned to study painting at Slade School of Fine Art at University College, London, graduating in 1957.
Books by Raymond Briggs
Glasgow Snawman
Glasgow Snawman
Ethel y Ernest
Snowman Pop-Up
Snowman Pop-Up
Time for Lights Out
Time for Lights Out
Time for Lights Out (kf8)
Time for Lights Out (kf8)
Elephant and the Bad Baby
ETHEL and ERNEST (KF8)
ETHEL and ERNEST (KF8)
Notes from the Sofa
Notes from the Sofa
Postcards From The Snowman and the Snowdog
Snowman and the Snowdog Pop-Up
Snowman and the Snowdog Pop-Up Picture Book
The Snowman and The Snowdog
The Snowman and the Snowdog (Step into Reading)
Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
Snowman and the Snowdog Activi
Snowman and the Snowdog Activity Book
The Father Christmas Blooming Terrible Joke Book
The Snowman and Snowdog Book and Cd
Dyn Eira a'r Ci Eira, Y
Dyn Eira a'r Ci Eira, Y
Snowman - A Puppet Play Book
Snowman - A Puppet Play Book
SNOWMAN 2 B MIXED MEDIA PRODUCT
Snowman and Snowdog Book and P
Snowman and Snowdog Book and Pyjama Set
Snowman Sound Book
Snowman Sound Book
Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman
Was macht der Weihnachtsmann im Juli?
Snowman and Snowdog
Snowman and Snowdog
The Puffin Mother Goose bedtime rhymes
The Snowman: The Book of the Film (Book & CD)
John Coates
John Coates
The Puffin Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Father Christmas Words Raymond
Father Christmas Words Raymond Briggs
Puffin Mother Goose Treasury,The
Raymond Briggss Christmas Little Library
Pare Noel
Snowman Buggy Book
Sacré Père Noël prend du bon t
Sacré Père Noël prend du bon temps !
Father Christmas Magnetic Play
Father Christmas Magnetic Playscene
Snowman Letter Writing Kit
Snowman Letter Writing Kit
Dear Father Christmas (Letter Writing Kits)
Nuvolari and the Alfa Romeo
Nuvolari and the Alfa Romeo
The "Snowman" (Activity)
Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas
The Puddleman
Blooming Books
Blooming Books (Signed)
Blooming Books (Signed)
Ivor the Invisible
The Fungus Big Green Bogey Book
Even More Revolting Recipes (C
Even More Revolting Recipes (CSS)
Ug
UG - Wunderkind aus der Steinzeit.
Ug (Css)
Ug (Css)
Oje, du fröhliche / Was macht der Weihnachtsmann im Juli?
The Snowman Board Book of the
The Snowman Board Book of the Story Book
Big Billy's Scrapbook
Big Billy's Scrapbook
The Snowman Shaped
The Snowman Storybook
Dyn Eira, Y
Dyn Eira, Y
Jim & The Beanstalk
The snowman story book
Bear 21 copy Dumpbin
Bear 21 copy Dumpbin
Father Christmas Sticker Story
Father Christmas Sticker Story Book
Raymond Briggs Signed Collecto
Raymond Briggs Signed Collecto
Arth, Yr
Father Christmas Games Book
Father Christmas Games Book
Oje, du fröhliche
Snowman Address Book
Snowman Address Book
Snowman Birthday Book
Snowman Birthday Book
Snowman Stationery Pack
Snowman Stationery Pack
Snowman Touch and Feel Book
Snowman Touch and Feel Book
The Father Christmas "it's a blooming terrible joke"book
Father Christmas Having a Wond
Father Christmas Having a Wonderful Time
Sacré père Noël
The Father Christmas Blooming
The Father Christmas Blooming Diary
The Snowman (Cloth Book)
El Mundo Oculto de Los Caverno
El Mundo Oculto de Los Cavernoso
The Snowman Clock Book
The Snowman Clock Book
The Snowman Flap Book
The Snowman Flap Book
The snowman tell-the-time book
The snowman tell-the-time book
The Snowman Christmas Book (Ch
The Snowman Christmas Book (Christmas Books)
The Snowman-Mini Edition
Unlucky Wally Twenty Years on
Briggs Raymond
Briggs Raymond
Mother Goose Treasury (Ltr109c
Mother Goose Treasury (Ltr109c)
Snowman advent calendar
Snowman advent calendar
SNOWMAN BK & DOLL PKG
SNOWMAN BK & DOLL PKG
The Complete Father Christmas
The Complete Father Christmas
Unlucky Wally
Unlucky Wally
Der Schneemann. Ein Bilderbuch mit Musik.
The Snowman Address Book
The Snowman Address Book
The Snowman Birthday Book
The Snowman Birthday Book
Snowman (J926p)
Snowman (J926p)
The Tin Pot Foreign General
Building the snowman
Dressing Up (Raymond Briggs' t
Dressing Up (Raymond Briggs' the Snowman)
The Complete Father Christmas and Father Chritmas Goes on Holiday
The Party (Raymond Briggs' the
The Party (Raymond Briggs' the Snowman)
The Snowman (Order #pbw288)
The Snowman (Order #pbw288)
The tin-pot foreign general and the old iron woman
Papa Noel/Father Christmas
Papa Noel/Father Christmas
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop Up Bo
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop Up Book
Fungus the Bogeyman
The fairy tale treasury
This little puffin--
Jimmy Murphy and the white Due
Jimmy Murphy and the white Duesenberg
Lindbergh, the lone flier
Lindbergh, the lone flier
The White Land. A Picture Book
The White Land. A Picture Book Of Traditional Rhymes And Versus
Sledges to the rescue
Sledges to the rescue
ETHEL AND ERNEST
The Snowman Book and Snowglobe
The Snowman Book and Snowglobe
The Snowman Book of Fun
The Snowman Book of Fun