"works that Briggs both wrote and illustrated were in comics format rather than the separate text and illustrations typical of children's books; all three were published by Hamish Hamilton. ""Father Christmas"" (1973) and its sequel ""Father Christmas Goes on Holiday"" (1975) both feature a curmudgeonly Father Christmas who complains incessantly about the ""blooming snow"". For the former, he won his second Greenaway. Much later they were jointly adapted as a film titled ""Father Christmas"". The third early Hamilton ""comics"" was ""Fungus the Bogeyman"" (1977), featuring one day in the life of a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of"
"on the book, was performed at artsdepot in North London between November 2007 and January 2008. A co-production with Pilot Theatre, the show was directed and adapted by Marcus Romer and designed by Ali Allen. Fungus the Bogeyman Fungus the Bogeyman (1977) is a children's picture book by British artist Raymond Briggs. It follows one day in the life of the title character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. The character and all related properties are now owned by Vivendi's Studiocanal. The book follows a typical day for Fungus the Bogeyman, starting when he"
"The Man (comics) The Man is a graphic novella for children, written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs and published by Julia MacRae Books in 1992. It tells the humorous story of a boy, John, who is visited by the titular Man, a minuscule human (homunculus) who arrives in the boy's bedroom unclothed and hungry. After getting over his initial shock, the boy starts to take care of him. The story follows their relationship over the next few days between John and 'Man', with the Man showing himself to be demanding, bossy and messy, but nevertheless a bond forms between the"
"with Michael Palin voicing the Man and William Puttock voicing John. For both writing and illustrating ""The Man"" Briggs won the 1992 Kurt Maschler Award, or ""the Emil"". The award annually (1982 to 1999) recognised one British ""work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other."" The Man (comics) The Man is a graphic novella for children, written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs and published by Julia MacRae Books in 1992. It tells the humorous story of a boy, John, who is visited by the titular Man, a minuscule"
"Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs, CBE (born 18 January 1934) is an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He is best known in Britain for his story ""The Snowman"", a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas. Briggs won the 1966 and 1973 Kate Greenaway Medals from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named ""Father Christmas"" (1973) one of the"
"for the ""Hamish Hamilton Book of Magical Beasts"" (Hamilton, 1966). In 1961, Briggs began teaching illustration part-time at Brighton School of Art, which he continued until 1986. He was a commended runner-up for the 1964 Kate Greenaway Medal (""Fee Fi Fo Fum"", a collection of nursery rhymes) and won the 1966 Medal for illustrating a Hamilton edition of Mother Goose. According to a retrospective presentation by the librarians, ""The Mother Goose Treasury"" ""is a collection of 408 traditional and well loved poems and nursery rhymes, illustrated with over 800 colour pictures by a young Raymond Briggs."" The first three important"
"from stories about fighting the Soviet Union to narratives about fighting terrorists. ""When the Wind Blows"", a graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, was published in 1982. The novel is a bitter satire on the Publicized Civil Defense advice given by the British government (Protect and Survive) about how to survive a nuclear war, where a working-class couple that do not believe that nuclear war is possible die of radiation sickness after a nuclear explosion. It reflects Briggs’ participation in the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Briggs is best known as a writer and illustrator of children’s literature, but this novel"
"scare children and harvest their screams, through doors that activate portals to children's bedroom closets. It is considered dangerous work, as human children are believed to be toxic. Energy production is falling because children are becoming less easily scared, and Monsters, Inc.'s chairman, Henry J. Waternoose, is determined to find a solution. James P. ""Sulley"" Sullivan and his partner, Mike Wazowski, are the organization's top employees, but their chief rival, Randall Boggs, is close behind. One day, Sulley discovers that Randall has left a door activated on the scare floor and a small girl has entered the factory. After several"
"then grows up to be a cave painter as his mother Dugs warned him. Ug (book) Ug is a children's book by Raymond Briggs. In 2001 it won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award. The book is about a boy named Ug living in the stone age who is thought by others to ""think too much"". He wants to have soft trousers (the trousers he and all the other cavemen wear are made of granite) and believes mammoth skin would be good to use, in the end, he and his father Dug do make the trousers, but after realising"
"take to this very human Father Christmas – but it helps to have an open eye for all the throwaway background detail."" Briggs completed a sequel, ""Father Christmas Goes on Holiday"", published in 1975 by Hamish Hamilton in Britain and Coward, McCann & Geoghan in America. The two books were adapted in 1991 as a 25-minute animated film, ""Father Christmas"". Dave Unwin was the director and Mel Smith was the voice of Father Christmas. Father Christmas (comics) Father Christmas is a British children's picture book written and drawn by Raymond Briggs and published by Hamish Hamilton in 1973. Briggs won"
"Little Fears Little Fears - The Roleplaying Game of Childhood Terror is a role-playing game published in 2001 by Key 20 Publishing. The book was written by Jason L Blair, featuring illustrations by Drew Baker, Dimitrios ""Jim"" Denaxas, Veronica V. Jones, hive, Nick Wilson, Kieran Yanner, Bradley K. McDevitt, and Julie Hoverson, and additional material by Seth A. Ben-Ezra, Greg Oliver, F. Scott Blair, and Shelby Mallow. In the game, players take on the personae of children, aged 6 to 12, who are being hunted by the minions of a place called Closetland. Closetland is ruled by the Demagogue and"
"The Tale of Mr. Tod The Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912. The tale is about a badger called Tommy Brock and his arch enemy Mr. Tod, a fox. Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and his wife Flopsy, intending to eat them, and hides them in an oven in the home of Mr. Tod. Benjamin and his cousin Peter Rabbit have followed Tommy Brock in an attempt to rescue the babies. When Mr. Tod finds Brock asleep in his bed, he"
"Jr., wherein scrawny Ferric accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that bring Heaven and Hell crashing down upon the land. A pack of Arizona desert coyotes are portrayed as nuisances when they harass a cowardly Great Dane and his friends in Bill Wallace's children's book, ""Watchdog and the Coyotes"". The same author also wrote ""Coyote Summer"", in which a twelve-year-old boy rescues and raises an orphaned pup after hunters kill its family. In the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (such as the sixth book, ""River Marked""), the eponymous main character is able to shape-shift into a coyote."
"an episode of ""Between the Lions"". The book sparked some controversy, for its portrayal of the police as pigs, and as a result was not stocked by public schools and libraries in parts of the United States. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is an award-winning children's picture book written and illustrated by William Steig, and published in 1969. Sylvester, a donkey from the fictional community of Oatsdale, collects pebbles ""of unusual shape and color."" One day he finds a pebble that grants wishes. Immediately afterward, a lion scares Sylvester, and as a defense he wishes"
"is afraid of, including creepy crawlies, sharp knives, and being eaten. The correct scientific name for each of these fears is given in the corner of the page. Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Gravett, published by Macmillan in 2007. It won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians as the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. It was also bronze runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 6–8 years. It is represented as an activity"
"A ""Publishers Weekly"" review says, ""An altogether chipper outing"". Rebecca McCartney, of Burlington Public Library, reviewed the book saying, ""I liked this book because it was full of creepy crawly things, and told with humor and warmth"". Cockroach Cooties Cockroach Cooties is a children's novel by Laurence Yep. Two brothers, Teddy and Bobby, try to defend themselves from a school bully named Arnie. The brothers discover that the bully is afraid of cockroaches. Bobby finds a cockroach and names it Hercules. Bobby uses cookies with strange ingredients to trick Arnie into a peace treaty. With the help of Hercules, the"
"is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Briggs was one of two runners-up for the illustration award in 1984. He has also won several awards for particular works. ""Fee Fi Fo Fum"" (1964) and ""The Snowman"" (1978) were Commended and Highly Commended runners-up for the Greenaway Medal. ""Ug"" was silver runner-up for the 2001 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. Briggs was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to literature. Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs, CBE (born 18 January 1934) is an English illustrator, cartoonist,"
"scaring human beings. ""The Snowman"" (Hamilton, 1978) was entirely wordless, and illustrated with only pencil crayons. Briggs said that it was partly inspired by his previous book, ""For two years I worked on ""Fungus"", buried amongst muck, slime and words, so... I wanted to do something which was clean, pleasant, fresh and wordless and quick."" For that work Briggs was a Highly Commended runner-up for his third Greenaway Medal; no one has won three. An American edition was produced by Random House in the same year, for which Briggs won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, picture book category. In 1982,"
"at their own risk. Mrs. Tubbs: The Hunters' grumpy next-door neighbor. Every single book so far includes at least one disaster in which Mrs. Tubbs finds herself as an unsuspecting victim. This is often due in part to her overfed and over-pampered cat, Precious, who has an ongoing feud with the Hunters' dog, Slobs. It has been revealed that Mrs. Tubbs wears a wig. Cast: Bloodhounds Inc. Bloodhounds Inc. is a series of Christian comedy/detective stories for children books written by Bill Myers. The series follows Sean and Melissa Hunter, a brother-and-sister team of junior sleuths as they solve all"
"snacks and beg for more."" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Short & Shivery Short & Shivery, also known as Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales, is a series of scary short-story children's books, published from 1987-1998 and written by author Robert D. San Souci (also known for writing various other scary children's books, including ""Dare to Be Scared: Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill"". The popular anthology series spawned several sequels throughout an 11-year span. Each book contained 30 tales from America and around the world, including classics by various famous authors throughout history. Selected from international ghost folklore, each volume contains 30 stories,"
"Freaky Friday Freaky Friday is a comedic children's novel written by Mary Rodgers, first published by Harper & Row in 1972. It has been adapted for the screen, as well as the stage. The story features one day that 13-year-old Annabel Andrews and her mother spend in each other's bodies. Thus it may be considered a modern retelling of """", the 1882 novel by F. Anstey in which the protagonists are a father and son. (Evidently its lesson is ""to daughters"" rather than mothers, however.) A willful, disorganized teenage girl, Annabel Andrews, awakens one Friday morning to find herself in"
"girl: the wolf, himself a fairy tale figure, takes his always impractical subterfuges from fairy tales, but is outmatched by Polly every time. A novel for slightly older children ""Marianne Dreams"" (1958) is more disturbing: a young girl, being tutored at home during sickness, travels in dreams to the house she has drawn while awake and meets there another pupil of her tutor; in a moment of jealousy she draws stones with eyes around the house to keep him prisoner and must then undo her actions. It was made into the TV series ""Escape Into Night"" and the film ""Paperhouse"";"
"helps rid Toad Hall of invaders from the wild wood. The ""Frances"" series of children's books by Russell and Lillian Hoban depicts an anthropomorphic badger family. In T.H. White's Arthurian series ""The Once and Future King"", the young King Arthur is transformed into a badger by Merlin as part of his education. He meets with an older badger who tells him ""I can only teach you two things – to dig, and love your home."" A villainous badger named Tommy Brock appears in Beatrix Potter's 1912 book ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"". He is shown kidnapping the children of Benjamin"
"Ug (book) Ug is a children's book by Raymond Briggs. In 2001 it won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award. The book is about a boy named Ug living in the stone age who is thought by others to ""think too much"". He wants to have soft trousers (the trousers he and all the other cavemen wear are made of granite) and believes mammoth skin would be good to use, in the end, he and his father Dug do make the trousers, but after realising they cannot sew them together, they call it a day and leave them. Ug"
"away from school and hides on a train, Rufus follows him, and a helpful engineer gets them back just in time for lunch. Another time the children decide to rig up a ghost in their attic to scare the neighborhood bully Peter Frost. They use their Mama's dressmaker's form (called Madame-the-Bust), a pumpkin with real teeth and a scooter. When they take Peter Frost up to see it, they get a big scare themselves, and only later realize their cat Catherine had made the 'ghost' move. When Rufus gets scarlet fever, the doctor puts a quarantine sign on their house."
"Father Christmas (comics) Father Christmas is a British children's picture book written and drawn by Raymond Briggs and published by Hamish Hamilton in 1973. Briggs won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. ""Father Christmas"" presents a dramatically different modern interpretation of the character. Far from being jolly, this Father Christmas is a brusque man who"
"Ivor the Invisible Ivor the Invisible is an animated film made for British television's Channel 4 in 2001. It was written by the popular British author/illustrator, Raymond Briggs. Unlike Briggs' other films, which were adapted from his books, ""Ivor the Invisible"" was his first project to be conceived directly for the screen. One morning, a schoolboy named John awakes to find an invisible giant sitting at the foot of his bed. John names him Ivor and soon the giant is playing tricks around the house: squirting John's father with a garden hose, disturbing the laundry hanging on the clothesline, and"
"""Ballet Shoes"". It also has main characters of both sexes, like the winner of that first year's medal, ""Pigeon Post"". The Circus Is Coming The Circus Is Coming is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, about the working life of a travelling circus. It was first published in 1938 with illustrations by Steven Spurrier. For this novel, Streatfeild was awarded the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. American editions and some later British editions are titled Circus Shoes. After an unusually sheltered upbringing by their old-fashioned and snobbish aunt,"
"Ethel & Ernest Ethel & Ernest (subtitled ""A True Story"") is a graphic novel and animated film by English author and illustrator Raymond Briggs. It tells the story of the lives of Briggs' parents from their first meeting in 1928 to their deaths in 1971. The story is a chronological progression through poignant moments in the home lives of the titular couple, from when they first meet in 1928 to their deaths in 1971. The tone of the novel is quite sad, and human miscommunication is a central theme, interspersed with moments of humour. Ethel, at first a lady's maid,"
"recurring characters in stories for children throughout the modern era. Lewis Carroll's ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" (1865) contains the poem ""How Doth the Little Crocodile"", a parody of a moralising poem by Isaac Watts, """". In J. M. Barrie's novel ""Peter and Wendy"" (1911), the character Captain Hook has lost his arm to the crocodile. Hook fears the crocodile, but is warned of its approach by the ticking of a clock which it has swallowed. In Rudyard Kipling's ""Just So Stories"" (1902), the Elephant's Child acquires his trunk by having his (short) nose pulled very hard by the Crocodile ""on"
"a stump covered by his razor hook. He is also terrified of ""Mister Grin"", a huge crocodile. Publishers Weekly finds that ""The book's joyful sense of adventure and wonder is tempered somewhat by the constant pursuit of authorities and parental figures, as well as scenes set in Disney World that seem to be designed to remind readers that runaway children are serious business in this day and age."" while Kirkus Reviews notes that ""While the authors take obvious delight in referencing their popular series, no prior knowledge is necessary in order to enjoy this rollicking page-turner."" The Bridge to Never"
"Summer"" (1993). It was spoken by Kevin Pollak, Bill Paxton, Matt Craven and Kimberly Williams, and was an insider's reference to a ""camp gag or joke"". Shrek! Shrek! is a picture book published in 1990 by American cartoonist William Steig, about a repugnant and monstrous green ogre who leaves home to see the world and ends up saving a princess. The name ""Shrek"" is the romanization of the Yiddish word שרעק, corresponding to German """" and meaning ""fear"" or ""fright"", but also used as a common exclamation, often in the form ""Oy Shrek!"". The book served as the basis for"
"break into a fight, since Connor wanted to tell the truth about what they did to the boy. After the boys quit fighting, a flash flood occurs. The floodwaters then push over a huge statue of the devil, which Marty's dad was working on, and kills them. Dare to Be Scared Dare to Be Scared: Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill is a 2003 children's horror short story collection by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by David Ouimet, consisting of thirteen stories. It is the first book in the ""Dare to be Scared"" series, which consists of four books."