Snowman [Hardcover]

Raymond Briggs (Author)

Book Description

This title features the classic story of the snowman - pared down and highlighted with five novelty additions. This novelty version of the original story makes it accessible to a whole new audience.

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About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 5 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Childrens Hardbacks (October 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0241141486
• ISBN-13: 978-0241141489
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #686,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Snowman touch and feel book, February 3, 2011

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Marilu Silivanch "mary b" (SAN ANTONIO, TX, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snowman Touch and Feel Book (Board book)

This book is appropriate for early learning about reading children age 6 months to 1 year. Great tactile and sensorimotor experiences!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars deliciously brilliant, January 10, 2005

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Snezhana Martynova (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snowman (Hardcover)

A briliant work of art and storytelling. It is remarkable, without words.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cute, sweet, beautiful tearjerker from my childhood., June 5, 2011

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Amy Flink "Mrs. Snowman" (Snohomish, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I didn't recognize this story when I got it for my nephew but I later realized it was based on a holiday cartoon special I had seen as a child on PBS (But I didn't think I cared for it as a child because of the unsatisfying ending......talk about a CLIFF-HANGER; it totally left me at a loss!). Today, however, it has grown on me and I think it is one of my favorite childrens' books of alltime! I seem to remember PBS introducing it as "Frosty the Snowman"...looking back through the book I was blown away by the wonderful friendship of James and Mr. Snowman...It melted my heart. I won't lie to you: I cried! I have very clear memories of seeing this as a child. I knew what was going to happen when James awakens the to the sun shining the day after his magical night with his special friend the snowman, and my heart was breaking as I watched him makeing a beeline outside to find that all that remains of his beloved friend has become a puddle, a hat, a scarf and some pieces of coal...(still makes me weep). My heart broke again today as I looked at that last page. When he melted, I felt like I had lost a best friend...I felt/ feel like he was/ is my friend. The Snowman had totally captured my heart!

If you like this book, you also might like the Hallmark holiday collection series about snowmen coming to life on Christmas Eve, by Cheryl Hawkinson & Mike Esberg. One of the books in the series is "The Snowman Band of Snowboggle Bend"...check out the snowmen on the cover: they are, like, the SPITTIN' image of Raymond Briggs's snowmen at the party James and his snowman attend at the North Pole!! I think they are one and the same!

I guess some perspectives to take away from this is that having a snowman melt away is "one of the facts of life", as my dad would say, but to remember that the magic of the holiday season will be back again next year, and you will always have the memories). As Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, "What was will be again, what happened will happen again."
What is truly interesting is getting other peoples perspectives on what I initially considered a tragic story. My nehew saw the movie with his first grade class and he is just as sensitive as me and he claimed he didn't think it was sad at all, and that nobody else cried. They all loved it...as a child I loved the snowman but couldn't stand to watch the ending.
I just watched the Snowman movie again and it is delightful. I laughed and I cried. It is definately a favorite.
For all you snowman fans, be sure to check out the official website:
Also, I watched Father Christmas. James and the Snowman make a second trek to the North Pole to meet up with Santa Claus again!! I was sooo overjoyed!!! Obviously, the snowman is still alive LOL.