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Book Synopsis
Briggs's pencil has drawn everything about being human the comic, the tragic; passion, tenderness, fear, anger, joy, bogeys ... slime' Posy Simmonds

Trade Review
'Long live the illustrators! Hurrah for their work!' - Philip Pullman
'It is wonderful to see these celebrations of our greatest illustrators … an inspiration to future generations' - Chris Riddell
'This short, delightful illustrated biography evokes the man and mind behind The Snowman and Briggs’ other light-of-touch, deep-of-feeling, timelessly appealing stories, in the context of English social history ' - Financial Times

Table of Contents
Introduction • Early years • Starting out • Early work • Nursery rhymes • Fairies and giants • Father Christmas and Fungus • Dreams and nightmares • Uninvited guests • Family histories

Raymond Briggs The Illustrators Series

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    A Hardback by Nicolette Jones, Quentin Blake, Claudia Zeff

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/10/2020
      ISBN13: 9780500022184, 978-0500022184
      ISBN10: 0500022186
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Briggs's pencil has drawn everything about being human the comic, the tragic; passion, tenderness, fear, anger, joy, bogeys ... slime' Posy Simmonds

      Trade Review
      'Long live the illustrators! Hurrah for their work!' - Philip Pullman
      'It is wonderful to see these celebrations of our greatest illustrators … an inspiration to future generations' - Chris Riddell
      'This short, delightful illustrated biography evokes the man and mind behind The Snowman and Briggs’ other light-of-touch, deep-of-feeling, timelessly appealing stories, in the context of English social history ' - Financial Times

      Table of Contents
      Introduction • Early years • Starting out • Early work • Nursery rhymes • Fairies and giants • Father Christmas and Fungus • Dreams and nightmares • Uninvited guests • Family histories

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