Author-illustrator Raymond Briggs ... with a remarkable economy of words and illustrations." Briggs' original wordless children's picture book, The Snowman, finished the runner-up for the Kate ...

The author-illustrator Raymond Briggs, best known for his 1978 work The Snowman, has died at the age of 88. Best children’s books for the summer holidays Top ten heroes and villains of children ...

Raymond Redvers ... for his story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas. Briggs won the 1966 and 1973 ...