false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg 489972 31 Who needs words to tell a story? In Raymond Briggs's charming tale, told with 175 softly hued, artfully composed frames, a little boy makes friends with a snowman. He wakes up on a snowy day, tells his mother he's going outside, then begins a flurry of snowman-building. That night, he can't sleep, so he opens the front door and lo! the snowman has come to life. The amiable yet frosty fellow enjoys his tour of the boy's cozy home; he admires the cat, but is disturbed by the fire. The boy shows him other wonders--the TV and a lamp and running water. Predictably perhaps, he is disturbed by the stove, but likes ice cubes quite a bit. Soon it is the snowman's turn to introduce the boy to <I>his</I> wintry world. They join hands, rise up into the blizzardy air--presumably over Russia and into the Middle East--and then safely back to home sweet home. The boy pops into bed before his parents get up... but when he wakes up the next morning he races outside only to find his new buddy's melted remains, scattered with a few forlorn lumps of coal. Since the book is wordless, you can make up any ending you want... like "Then, in a puff of pink smoke, the snowman recomposed himself and went to live in the boy's garage freezer." Or you could just resign yourself to a peaceful "And that was that." Raymond Briggs's <I>The Snowman</I> won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and this wintertime classic continues to win the hearts of kids every year. (Preschool and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 2499762 book 12 11 1978 The Snowman total:453|5:239|4:134|3:64|2:13|1:3| 453 1952 521 56 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 5 17 false Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Thu Mar 05 23:07:33 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 00:33:55 -0800 2009
Last week, I made a little snowman beside the cloister of M-- Hall. He wasn't terri...more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 5 1 false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Thu Jan 24 20:35:54 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 20:39:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 4 0 false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:10:58 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:11:16 -0700 2009
Briggs' wordless Frosty the Snowman homage/knockoff became an instant classic upon its release thirty years ago, and has since gone through countless printings in dozens of different editions, has been made into a video (though to be honest...more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 3 1 true Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 12:03:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 12:04:03 -0700 2009
Being a wordless book (not good for storytimes...more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Tue Jan 08 12:53:24 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 13:06:10 -0800 2008 T...more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 5 0 false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 21:02:09 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 19 05:35:41 -0700 2009 When the Wind Blows growing up, but recently was disappointed with Father Christmas Goes on Holiday so I wasn't sure what to expect with The Snowman...
Well it is brilliant. A fantastic book about a young boy and his experiences with The Snowman he built. A story of friendship and l...more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 0 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:33:40 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:37:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 489972 0394839730 9780394839738 427 50 4.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189294m/489972.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489972.The_Snowman 5 0 false Thu Nov 05 14:21:06 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:28:55 -0800 2009 a boy makes a snowman who comes to life--the snowman visits the boy's home to see how the boy lives and then takes the boy on a magical journey to see the world--
magnificent soft illustrations--
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No words, they'd only complicate things.
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