This year’s edition of The Snowman coin is particularly special, being the first of our Christmas coins with King Charles III’s effigy on its obverse. We hope that people love the coin’s design and look to collect a piece of British Christmas history.” Ok, let’s make something perfectly clear: nothing will beat Raymond Briggs’s classic. Not the Channel 4 film, not its sequel (which is still wonderful), not the stage production, nothing. Raymond’s wordless story is a beautiful, yet bittersweet masterpiece. Everyone knows the story of a young boy building a snowman only to find him come alive during the night.

Snowman by Michael Morpurgo and Robin Shaw | Goodreads Snowman by Michael Morpurgo and Robin Shaw | Goodreads

I am part of the generation who has watched The Snowman every Christmas since my memories begin. It's a part of my childhood, now part of my own children's, and we have both the original wordless comic strip book and the TV adaptation version. So yes - fans. Che dire di questa storia.. È stata un'avventura stupenda.. Un libro che tutti i bambini ameranno follemente. La lettura è rapida e le illustrazioni che accompagnano tutto la storia sono un dettaglio stupendo per questo piccolo gioiellino.My daughter is a massive fan of Michael Morpurgo so when I saw that he had released a new re-imagined version of The Snowman I had to buy a copy so both my daughter and myself could read it. Michael Morpurgo is a literary genius so I couldn't wait to see what he would produce when I saw he was writing his own take on Raymond Briggs' classic.

The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs The Snowman: Inspired by the original story by Raymond Briggs

We're just two months away from Christmas, and one of the most iconic Christmas stories from the festive period is The Snowman. Now, in the run up to the big day, The Royal Mint has announced the release of the latest in a series of 50p coins themed around The Snowman. This is an absolutely charming and delightful book, drawing on Raymond Briggs' wonderful illustrated, wordless story, The Snowman ⛄ which so many of us have read and watched multiple times over the years - indeed Christmas isn't Christmas to me without hearing Walking In The Air and reading or watching the story! He spends the whole day making his perfect snowman; he has coal eyes, an old green hat and scarf and a tangerine nose... just like the snowman from his favourite story.I don’t remember when exactly. I must have been, oh, about four years old. It was before I went to school anyway. It was near Christmas, that much I do remember. The Snowman in question is a story book, pictures without words by Raymond Briggs, another book for children and those who love children. Like Heidi it tells of a bond, this time between a little boy and the snowman he builds one wintry afternoon in his garden. By magic it comes to life; by magic the boy and the snowman fly. One of my earliest Christmas memories is watching The Snowman, without fail I make sure to watch it every year.