Raymond Briggs studied at Wimbledon School of Art, the Central School of Art and the Slade. Many of his books are now classics and some: THE SNOWMAN, FATHER CHRISTMAS, FATHER CHRISTMAS GOES ON HOLIDAY and WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, have been made into highly successful films. Raymond Briggs lives in Sussex.
It's that beanstalk again, sighs the giant, sharing his breakfast of beef and beer with just-arrived Jim: he's no match for his father who fee-fi-fo-fumed at Jack, and no more than a relic of his former self. He can't read. . . Jim prescribes glasses; can't chew? false teeth; bald? a wig. And when he's a new man - 'You'd better go now and chop that beanstalk down before I crunch you up.' This is the sort of revival that will delight some people and repel others - except for the spectacle of Jim carrying the giant glasses, false teeth and wig through the streets it's no great shakes either way. (Kirkus Reviews)