The Snowman by Raymond Briggs (published 1978) is a wordless picture book capturing the creation and life of another best-friend snowman. The unnamed boy spends hours making his snowman perfect, then in the night has hours of adventures.
With some prompting, my son can tell me the story, and each time it’s a little different, which makes it fun. There is also an early reader version with words, but I much prefer the art and the story without words: let our children discover the story illustrations can provide.
(My son also has a lift-the-flap book with the same characters, and that introduction may be what makes this wordless book a favorite for him now.)
Other Versions of The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Given the two feet of snow that fell on my community yesterday, I feel it’s appropriate to focus on some of the snowy day books my three-year-old son and I have enjoyed lately. He loves snow and especially snowmen, so I searched out some potential favorites even before this week’s storm hit. See more of our snowy day books from this week by clicking “previous review” or “next review.”
