John Coates: The Man Who Built the Snowman
John Coates' long-awaited biography - 'John Coates: The Man Who Built The Snowman' is finally available. Written by Marie Beardmore, with a foreword by Raymond Briggs and an epilogue by John himself, the book makes a great Christmas gift. With a DVD of clips of John's films, including Wind in The Willows, When the Wind Blows, The Bear, The Snowman, as well as earlier TVC classics, The Apple and Flying Man, the book explains in detail and in rare photographs, the odyssey of John's life and and how he eventually came to take over TV Cartoons. Offering a fascinating insight into the life of one of animation's most celebrated heros, it reveals how and why John became such an iconic and well-well loved film producer.
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