Talk:Raymond Briggs

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[edit] Father Christmas

This book is very "British", full of details from the way life was lived in about 1940. What is UXO - tea? What is CAFFO? 69.87.204.125 22:34, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

UXO might be a reference to Oxo stock cubes, see Oxo (food). Maikel (talk) 08:36, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bibliography

  • 1969: The Elephant and the Bad Baby (text by Elfrida Vipont) ISBN 0-698-20039-X Reissued 1986.
  • 1975: Father Christmas Goes on Holiday; SBN: GB 698 30584-1; LoC: 75-2541
  • 1986: All in a Day (with Mitsumasa Anno et al) ISBN 0-399-21311-2

[edit] Biography?

What is known about his life, beyond the hints in Ethel and Ernest? Was he married? Did he have children?-69.87.194.2 23:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Seconded. Where could we get this information? Maikel (talk) 08:37, 17 April 2008 (UTC)