The Snowman
- 그림작가 레이먼드 브릭스 (Raymond Briggs)
- 글작가 Raymond Briggs
- 출판사 Random House Books
- 페이지32 쪽
- 발행일1978-11-12
- 매체내역
책 내용
Illus. in full color. A wordless story. The pictures have "the hazy softness of air in snow. A little boy rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive in his dreams that night. The experience is one that neither he nor young 'readers' will ever regret or forget."--(starred) Booklist.
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Amazon.com Review
Who needs words to tell a story? In Raymond Briggs's charming tale, told with 175 softly hued, artfully composed frames, a little boy makes friends with a snowman. He wakes up on a snowy day, tells his mother he's going outside, then begins a flurry of snowman-building. That night, he can't sleep, so he opens the front door and lo! the snowman has come to life. The amiable yet frosty fellow enjoys his tour of the boy's cozy home; he admires the cat, but is disturbed by the fire. The boy shows him other wonders--the TV and a lamp and running water. Predictably perhaps, he is disturbed by the stove, but likes ice cubes quite a bit. Soon it is the snowman's turn to introduce the boy to his wintry world. They join hands, rise up into the blizzardy air--presumably over Russia and into the Middle East--and then safely back to home sweet home. The boy pops into bed before his parents get up... but when he wakes up the next morning he races outside only to find his new buddy's melted remains, scattered with a few forlorn lumps of coal. Since the book is wordless, you can make up any ending you want... like "Then, in a puff of pink smoke, the snowman recomposed himself and went to live in the boy's garage freezer." Or you could just resign yourself to a peaceful "And that was that." Raymond Briggs's The Snowman won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and this wintertime classic continues to win the hearts of kids every year. (Preschool and older) --Karin Snelson
일러스트레이터 소개
레이먼드 브릭스(1934년~)는 런던에서 태어나서, 15세에 만화를 그리려고 윔블던 미술학교에 입학했다가, 일러스트레이션에 관심을 가지면서 어린이책을 만들기 시작했다. 그리고 최초로 그림책 삽화에 만화 기법을 사용한 작가로 유명하다. 레이먼드 브릭스가 그림책에서 즐겨 사용하는 소재는 전설적인 존재나, 어린이의 시각에서 바라본 새롭고 순수한 세상이다. 그리고 일상적인 삶에서 인간적인 요소를 찾아 내어, 화면을 나눈 다음에 시간의 흐름에 따라 내용을 전개한다. 그림책의 한 면을 다시 여러 화면으로 나누면, 당연히 문장과 대화가 많아지고 구성이 복잡해진다. 하지만 레이먼드 브릭스 특유의 유머와 해학을 섞어서 지루하다거나 읽기에 어렵다는 느낌은 들지 않는다. 오히려 문장 하나하나 정성을 들여서 읽다 보면, 쏠쏠한 재미를 느낄 수 있다.