Briggs, Raymond

Jim Bloggs ponders changing his job while taking a break from cleaning the toilets in a corporate bathroom, and after a lot of thought, decides to pursue life as a highway man.

The author presents a loving, cartoon biography of his parents Ethel and Ernest, from their first meeting in the 1920s when she was a maid and he a milkman, through their deaths in the 1970s; showing how they dealt with the events of their changing world.

A comprehensive anthology of 408 rhymes and 897 illustrations, also includes best-loved verses as well as unfamiliar ones.

A sequel to the original tale. Jim meets a sad and aging giant who complains that some boy once climbed up the beanstalk and robbed his father. Jim tries to improve the giant's lot.