Illus. in full color. A wordless story. The pictures have "the hazy softness of air in snow. A little boy rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive in his dreams that night. The experience is one that neither he nor young 'readers' will ever regret or forget."--(starred) Booklist.
WINNER Redbook Children's Picturebook Awards
WINNER
| 1979 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
WINNER
| 1978 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
WINNER
| 1978 Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
WINNER
| 1978 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
WINNER
| 1978 Horn Book Fanfare
SUBMITTED
| 1978 Horn Book Fanfare
SUBMITTED
| 1978 Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
SUBMITTED
| 1978 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Raymond Briggs is one of the most successful picture book creators of our time. His books include classics, such as Father Christmas, The Snowman, and Fungus the Bogeyman. Several of his books have been televised and When the Wind Blows has also been staged as theater. Briggs won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration twice and his book Ug was the winner of the Nestlé Smarties Silver Award. He lives in Sussex, England.
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Illus. in full color. A wordless story. The pictures have "the hazy softness of air in snow. A little boy rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive in his dreams that night. The experience is one that neither he nor young 'readers' will ever regret or forget."--(starred) Booklist.
Awards
WINNER Redbook Children's Picturebook Awards
WINNER
| 1979 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
WINNER
| 1978 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
WINNER
| 1978 Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
WINNER
| 1978 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
WINNER
| 1978 Horn Book Fanfare
SUBMITTED
| 1978 Horn Book Fanfare
SUBMITTED
| 1978 Library of Congress Children's Books of the Year
SUBMITTED
| 1978 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Author
Raymond Briggs is one of the most successful picture book creators of our time. His books include classics, such as Father Christmas, The Snowman, and Fungus the Bogeyman. Several of his books have been televised and When the Wind Blows has also been staged as theater. Briggs won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration twice and his book Ug was the winner of the Nestlé Smarties Silver Award. He lives in Sussex, England.
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