Raymond Briggs
1) The snowman
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Presents a wordless book using over one hundred seventy-five picture frames to relate the story of the adventure shared by a little boy and the snowman he built in the yard.
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This wonderful book by noted children's author/illustrator Briggs (The Snowman) is something quite new: the story of his parents' quiet lives, played out against the stirring events of the century, done as a comic strip. Ethel was a rather timid ladies' maid, Ernest a dashing milkman, when they first saw each other in 1928. He swept her off in a whirlwind courtship, and they bought the little London row house where they were to live the rest of their...
4) The bear
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Contains two stories, including "The Bear" in which a young girl, having cried herself to sleep after losing her teddy bear at the zoo, wakes up to find a polar bear has returned her beloved toy; and "The Animal Train," in which Ben embarks on a magical journey when his stuffed dog Jim Jam comes to life and they set off on a train ride around the world to save endangered animals.
5) The Snowman
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One crisp, winter morning, a young boy wakes up to find a thick blanket of snow has covered the ground as far as the eye can see. Filled with excitement, the boy decides to build a snowman using a tangerine for his nose, coal for his buttons and eyes, and tops him off with a hat and scarf. Later that night, at the stroke of midnight, the snowman comes to life! The young boy and the snowman embark on a magical adventure of discovery where the snowman...