‘It was early on Christmas morning and the snow was almost knee deep.’ Raymond Briggs’ very first snowbound adventure from 1963, Sledges to the Rescue takes place on Christmas day in the 1930s. It’s based on his own childhood memories of a time when milkmen used to do their rounds before they could enjoy their … Continue reading
This little gem arrived in the post just as the past week’s snow finally began to melt and the head fell off our snowman, crushing the small family of snowdogs in the process. The irony was lost on my distraught children but we have fortunately been able to console ourselves reading Raymond Briggs’ very first … Continue reading
