The Snowman Code

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December 2025 Book of the Month

Ten-year-old Blessing needs a friend. Her mum is suffering so badly from depression and SAD that she has stopped leaving the house, while Blessing herself has stopped going to school because classmates the Driplet Triplets bully her so much.

What’s more, winter seems to be going on forever; it’s March and the snow is still thick on the ground. Blessing finds a very good if unusual friend in Albert Framlington, one of the snowmen in her local park. Albert might not be as well-informed as he thinks, which is one cause of humour in the book, but he’s a strict adherer to the Snowman Code, article two, ‘a snowman always helps a child in need.’ But Albert has a problem too it seems, and as the pair get closer, it turns out they can help each other.

Despite the wintry setting this comic but poignant story of friendship and the lasting power of love is as warm as can be and guaranteed to melt the iciest of hearts. Albert is a wonderful character, and the story will do for snowmen what Narnia did for wardrobes, ie you’ll never be able to pass one again without hoping it’s a little bit magic.

Reviewed by Andrea Reece
Andrea Reece has spent almost her entire working life in children’s books, first as publisher, latterly as consultant, project manager and critic.
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About The Snowman Code

A beautifully hopeful, funny and heartwarming tale about the lasting power of love and friendship, from the critically-acclaimed and award-winning screenwriter behind Pixar's Luca and Paddington 2.

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