Sledges to the Rescue

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

225 kr

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Beskrivning

"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 a forgotten children's classic by Raymond Briggs - the third in his trilogy of stories set in Wimbledon.This charming book was inspired by the author's childhood adventures in post-war London. In this gentle, nostalgic and festive tale of adventure and rescue, Ernie the milkman has an accident on Christmas morning, and it is up to the local children to save the day. This is a story of warmth and laughter, following the childish excitement of delivering milk in the snow and saving the community - all with Christmas spirit in abundance!The new cloth-bound edition reproduces all 42 of Briggs’s beautiful original illustrations to perfection, and is wonderfully introduced by the best-selling writer Jessie Burton, who also grew up in Wimbledon.Published as a sumptuous gift hardback to accompany its sister publication The Strange House (the first Manderley Press volume of collected stories by Raymond Briggs), this book will entrance and entertain a new generation of children.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-26
Mått:129 x 198 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:Manderley Press Ltd
Illustratör:Raymond Briggs
ISBN:9781068661396

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Raymond Briggs CBE (1934–2022) was a much-loved illustrator, cartoonist and author, best known for his 1978 classic The Snowman. He produced a treasure trove of work, including Father Christmas, Father Christmas Goes On Holiday, Fungus The Bogeyman, When The Wind Blows and Ethel & Ernest. These books have been translated into many languages and adapted into films, plays and animations for TV. The Snowman was first broadcast on Boxing Day 1982 and has been shown every Christmas since, along with the more recent The Snowman and the Snowdog. Graphic novel Ethel & Ernest tells the story of how his father, a milkman, met his mother, a lady’s maid, and how they continued to live in the same house for forty-one years. Raymond was honoured with a CBE for service to literature in the Queen’s 2017 Birthday Honours as well as a BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award, which celebrates the body of work of an author or illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature.Jessie Burton was born in 1982 and grew up in Wimbledon, South London. She studied English at Oxford University before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Following a career as an actor she gained international recognition with her debut novel The Miniaturist, a bestselling historical novel set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam, which was translated into dozens of languages and adapted for television. Burton followed this success with further acclaimed and award-winning books including The Muse, The Confession and The House of Fortune. In addition to her novels for adults, she has written children’s fiction, including The Restless Girls and Medusa. As a non-fiction writer, she has written essays and reviews for The New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Vogue, Elle, Red, Grazia and The Spectator. Harpers Bazaar US and Stylist have also published her short stories. Found In Translation, her personal essay on Brexit, appeared in Goodbye Europe, in 2017. Jessie’s first middle-grade novel for children, Hidden Treasure, was published in March 2025. She lives in South-East London with her family.