![]() ![]() Raymond Briggs’s coloured pencil drawings are stunning he uses a mixture of story panels and occasionally larger drawings which punctuate the story beautifully double page spreads are used as the Snowman and the boy soar in the sky on their night time adventure. ![]() ![]() In return the snowman takes the little boy out flying in the night sky across to a faraway city and then back home. Then, during the night (and we’re never sure if it’s a dream) he invites the snowman into his home where they explore together. I have to start with Snowman by Raymond Briggs (Penguin, 1978), a story of a little boy who wakes to snow falling and goes out to make a snowman during the day. ![]() Here I’d like to share some of my favourite wordless or silent picturebooks in the hope that this will encourage you to become familiar with silent books and their particular gifts. I am thinking a lot about silent picturebooks these days as the Waikato Picturebook Research Unit approaches its annual picturebook seminar on November 12, 2020, this year focusing on silent picturebooks. Here are her recommendations for great wordless or silent picture books: This month’s book list has been put together by Nicola Daly to celebrate the launch of a powerful wordless picture book by Issa Watanabe, Migrants. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |