In the bleakest midwinter of 1982, under the gloom of Thatcher’s Britain, families gathered in front of their TV sets as a plaintive, tender piano melody began to play. Like a flurry of snow caught in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — British children’s author and ...

Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman, has died, aged 88. The author’s publisher Penguin Random House announced the news on Wednesday (10 August). Briggs, who was also an illustrator, cartoonist and ...

The acclaimed author of The Snowman claimed to "hate Christmas", but loved to spend the period with his loved ones, a close ...

Forty years ago, when I was a very young boy, I read The Snowman by Raymond Briggs. It was a number of comic book titles that my grandmother, known as Gugga, kept for visiting children. Alongside the ...

The beloved 1982 Christmas animation The Snowman continues to delight families; however, viewers were left stunned after spotting a "rude detail".

LONDON (AP) — British children’s author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, whose creations include “The Snowman” and “Fungus the Bogeyman,” has died. He was 88. Briggs' family said he died Tuesday, and ...

Raymond Briggs, the British illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author best known for “The Snowman,” has died. He was 88. “The Snowman,” a book without words and illustrated with pencil ...

LONDON (AP) — British children’s author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, whose creations include “The Snowman” and “Fungus the Bogeyman,” has died. He was 88. Briggs’ family said he died Tuesday, and ...