Review by Booklist Review
When his snowman comes alive, a young boy gives him a tour of his house; in return, the snowman takes the boy on a flying adventure to the North Pole.
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-Language is unnecessary to understand the affection between a boy and his snowman-and the child's sadness when the creature melts. In between, however, onlookers are swept up in the wonders of electricity, false teeth, skateboards, and the twosome's marvelous nighttime flight. Small panels propel the motion; panoramas slow it down. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
A reissue of a book first published in 1978. Reviewed February, 1979. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A little boy's winter dream, which could be anyone's--and might inspire many. In a sequence of wordless frames, sometimes as many as twelve to a page but opening up at one point to two expansive double-page spreads, a little boy spends a day making a showman--and a night, while his parents sleep, palling around with it. First the snowman comes inside the house, investigating light switches, kitchen faucets, the paper towel rack, Dad's closet, and other such everyday wonders; then he whooshes the child up and off, through a lovely haze of blown snow, past exotic skylines, and home again. The sequence starts irresistibly with a soft fall of flakes that look just right for packing or licking; Briggs gives the outsider's indoor adventure a warm, misty look and lots of quiet visual humor; and the later spin through the white night has a dreamlike quality that gives a proper shape to the whole--and something to remember next day when the snowman loses his. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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