All rare and signed Raymond Briggs autographs are 100% authentic and include an original letter of authenticity. Birmingham Repertory Company produces The Snowman for stage, incorporating the original musical score.

Anyone requiring a detailed and lavishly illustrated account of Briggs’ development as an artist and social satirist need look no further than Nicolette Jones’ excellent study Blooming Books (Cape, 2003). It is peculiarly English – his attractively fuzzy style draws … on a line of beautifully domestic and idealistic English artists, going back to the great Edward Ardizzone to Samuel Palmer’. This timeless story captures the wonder and innocence of childhood and is now recognised throughout the world.A set of four containing 'The Snowman Pop-Up', 'The Snowman' (Ladybird), 'The Snowman- The Party' and 'The Snowman' (Ladybird). These books have been translated into many languages and adapted into films, stage shows and animations.

The Snowman flies again in this follow-up to the much-loved Christmas classic - now celebrating its 10th anniversary! Liz looks at the tissue box, which is decorated with drawings of snowmen engaged in various holiday activities. James shows the snowman around his house, playing with appliances, toys and other bric-a-brac, all while keeping quiet enough not to wake James' parents. Together they fly through the night sky on a breathtaking and magical journey, until the sun comes up and it's time to go home.As in the book and the film, there are no words, apart from the lyrics of the song "Walking in the Air". Looking for the perfect Christmas outing that's fun for the whole family or just hoping to relive a festive classic? Each have some slight surface scratching to the laminate and bumping to the top and tail of the spine. The musical button as part of the front board used to play sleigh bells when pressed and no longer works, but batteries may be able to be replaced.

The boy's home appears to be located in the South Downs of England, near to Brighton; he and the snowman fly over the Royal Pavilion and Palace Pier. Raymond Briggs had lived in Sussex since 1961, and the composer Howard Blake was also a native of the county.Various names such as Laurence Olivier and Julie Andrews were suggested, but a request for a rock star led to David Bowie being involved. There were thirty one "Highly Commended" runners up in twenty nine years from 1974 to 2002, including Briggs alone in 1978. He disputed the idea that the book is a Christmas book, noting that it was only the animated adaptation that introduces this element. The book was adapted into a half-hour animated television film in 1982, which debuted on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 26 December. His first work was in advertising, but he soon began to win acclaim as a children's book illustrator as well as teaching illustration at Brighton College of Art.

The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and published by Random House in the United States in November of the same year.The Snowman was re-released in 2002 as a DVD special edition and again as a DVD and Blu-ray 30th anniversary edition in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2012 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment UK. The two find a sheeted-down motorcycle in the house's garden and go for a ride on it through the woods. The pictorial boards, with illustrations of the snowman, are clean throughout but with light surface marks. The Snowman is a story which plays a large part in every Christmas, just as the Coca-Cola advert or Michael Bublé singing on the radio.