<P> The Snowman is a children 's picture book without words by English 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 . In the UK , it was the runner - up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association , recognising the year 's best children 's book illustration by a British writer . </P>
<P> The Snowman is a children 's picture book without words by English 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 . In the UK , it was the runner - up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association , recognising the year 's best children 's book illustration by a British writer . </P>
who wrote the children 's book the snowman
who wrote the children 's book the snowman
English author Raymond Briggs
English author Raymond Briggs