Father Christmas (book)

Father Christmas
First edition
AuthorRaymond Briggs
IllustratorRaymond Briggs
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's graphic novel
PublisherHamish Hamilton
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages32pp
ISBN978-0-241-02260-3
OCLC788505364
LC ClassLCC PZ7.B7646 Fat3[1]
Followed byFather Christmas Goes on Holiday 

Father Christmas is a British children's picture book written and drawn by Raymond Briggs and published by Hamish Hamilton in 1973. Briggs won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.[2] For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.[3]

  1. ^ "Father Christmas" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
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