No reason can exist for why a polar bear decides to come visit Tillie, stay a while, and then follow the sun away, but her attempts to deal with having a polar bear in the house, especially when it does its business in the house, are beautifully rendered, funny, and moving. A book about his life's work entitled Raymond Briggs: The Illustrators was written by Nicolette Jones and published in 2020. Later that night, a figure is seen walking towards Tilly's window — it is the polar bear from the zoo with her lost teddy bear, who lifts her window and enters her room. Finding a photograph of the snowman the boy rebuilds him, fashioning a snowdog out of the excess snow. The BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates the body of work of an author or illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to children's literature.

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Briggs continued to work in a similar format, but with more adult content, in Gentleman Jim (1980), a sombre look at the working class trials of Jim and Hilda Bloggs, closely based on his parents. Tucked into bed one night by her mother, Tilly finds herself being visited by a massive white polar bear, who somehow gets into bed with her, and who hangs around the house on the following day. As the sun rises the next morning, Tilly wakes up to find the windows open and the Star Bear's constellation fading.From the creator of The Snowman, Father Christmas and Fungus the Bogeyman - now a live theatre show! While How To Train Your Dragon author Cowell said: "His books brought so much joy and inspired so many, touching, hilarious and heartbreaking work.

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Teby gets the experience of a lifetime spending the day loving this bear, cleaning up after it, and trying to talk to her parents about her friend. The hilarious and heartwarming tale of a magical friendship between a girl and a polar bear, from beloved author of The Snowman, Raymond Briggs. As I never got to read the book as a child I decided I would read it now, honestly thought I prefer the short film then the story in the book, the most enjoyable part were the illustrations.His books have touched millions of people all around the world, and what a debt of gratitude I owe to his greatest creation of all," he added. From 1953 to 1955, he was a National Service conscript in the Royal Corps of Signals at Catterick, where he was made a draughtsman. Among other themes, this book explores the fact that wild animals cannot be tamed and must be treated with respect and caution.