英國知名插畫家Raymond Briggs的代表作品繪本The Snowman。

小男孩在聖誕節前夕堆積了一個雪人，雪人於午夜時分奇蹟似地動了起來，跟著小男孩一起到處探索、遊玩，甚至神奇地飛上夜空、穿越城鎮，到達聖誕老人的故鄉。雪人與小男孩之間的溫暖友情，簡單而真誠，充滿愉快的相處和驚喜的冒險，雖然第二天雪融了，小男孩卻知道這一切都是真的，留下了永遠難忘的記憶。

此書搭配的CD不只有內容朗讀，還收錄了世界知名聖誕歌曲"Walking In The Air"喔！

Raymond Briggs's Christmas classic The Snowman, with a CD featuring 'Walking in the Air'

In 1982 Raymond Briggs's classic picture book The Snowman was made into an enchanting animated film, now loved by generations of children all over the world. This special gift set combines a magical story book illustrated with pictures from the film and an audio CD with readings by Andrew Sachs and music by Howard Blake, featuring the famous Christmas song, "Walking in the Air", sung by Peter Auty. 2012 celebrates 30 years of the animated film with a brand new half-hour animation, The Snowman and the Snowdog. Introducing new characters alongside the old, including an adorable snow puppy, it is planned for broadcast on Channel 4 on Christmas Day.

Raymond Briggs studied at Wimbledon Art School, the Central School of Art and the Slade. Many of his books are now classics and some - THE SNOWMAN, FATHER CHRISTMAS, FATHER CHRISTMAS GOES ON HOLIDAY and WHEN THE WIND BLOWS - have been made into successful films. Raymond Briggs lives in Sussex.

Other books by Raymond Briggs:

The Snowman; The Snowman Buggy Book; The Snowman Sound Book;The Elephant and the Bad Baby; Father Christmas; Fungus the Bogeyman; Raymond Briggs's Christmas Little Library; The Father Christmas it's a Bloomin' Terrible Joke Book; Jim and the Beanstalk; Father Christmas Goes on Holiday;