The Strange House Raymond Briggs 9781068661334

"His books have moved me and so many others to laugh out loud, to cry and to think." Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon.

From one of the nation's most beloved authors and the creator of The Snowman, comes a brand new edition of two forgotten children's classics by Raymond Briggs.

Also illustrated by the author, the book was inspired by the author's childhood adventures in post-war London. The two friends Tim and Gerry stumble upon a deserted house, but after they spot a ghostly face behind a boarded-up window, they decide to investigate further ....

Introduced by renowned children's author, Chris Riddell, who was taught by Raymond Briggs in the 1980s, and published as a sumptuous gift hardback, this book will entrance and entertain a new generation of children.

Raymond Redvers Briggs (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 top-ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.

For his contribution as a children's illustrator Briggs was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984.