Who wrote the children's book the snowman?
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Who wrote the 1978 children's book the snowman?
Raymond Redvers Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs, CBE Raymond Briggs
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Who wrote the 1861 children's fairy tale the snowman?
Hans Christian Andersen
The Snowman (Nesbø novel)
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Snowman (disambiguation)
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"The Snowman" (Danish: Sneemanden) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a snowman who falls in love with a stove.[1] 
The Snowman (fairy tale)
The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by British author Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and published by Random House in the United States in November of the same year.[1] The book won a number of awards and was adapted into an animated television film in 1982 which is an annual fixture at Christmas.
The Snowman (book)
There are multiple books titled "The Snowman". In 1861, Hans Christian Andersen wrote a literary fairy tale about a snowman who falls in love with a stove. In 1978, British author Raymond Briggs wrote the wordless children's picture book that won a number of awards and was adapted into an animated television film in 1982 which is an annual fixture at Christmas. 