The Snowman and the Snowdog

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Using images culled from the hand-drawn animation of the short film, this sequel to The Snowman can stand alone. One winter's night a little boy is taken on a breathtaking, magical adventure when the Snowman and Snowdog he has made come to life and fly with him over the rooftops and across the sea to the North Pole. Billy's old dog dies and he's very sad, but after a Christmas adventure with the Snowman and the Snowdog things start looking up - especially after he gets to make his Christmas wish directly to Santa himself! So when the snow falls and Billy starts to build a Snowman, he knows exactly what to do – he builds a Snowdog too!

The Snowman and the Snowdog - Penguin Books UK The Snowman and the Snowdog - Penguin Books UK

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A boy who lost his beloved dog a while ago received a beautiful gift at Christmas by building a snowman and a snowdog. A great Christmas story to extend the love of the movie into story time, it has the same soothing tone and illustrations as the movie and is perfect for bedtime. I'm torn about using this one in my class, I like the idea of the story but not quite sure about how it is told.

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This story has words to go with the pictures and therefore kind of lacks the simple charm of the original. When the Wind Blows (1982) confronted the trusting, optimistic Bloggs couple with the horror of nuclear war, and was praised in the British House of Commons for its timeliness and originality. million copies and is available in fifteen languages, the story and illustrations are by the creators of the animated special by the same name.But the best is yet to come on Christmas morning, when a real, live puppy is waiting under the tree.

The Snowman and the Snowdog By Raymond Briggs |The Works The Snowman and the Snowdog By Raymond Briggs |The Works

I get that it makes the ending that much more special, but it was hard for me to read those pages to my 2 year old. Feeling lonely after moving to a new location and losing his dog to old age, Billy stumbles on a loose floorboard and discovers a box of mementos from another boy who lived in this same room years ago.com/The Snowman animation is a yearly event in Europe - something kids all look forward to and a nostalgic part of childhood for adults. This activity book is full of fun things to do with plenty of pictures to colour, dot-to-dots and drawings to finish. First of all, the story takes a turn to the dark side in the first two pages with the child's dog dying.