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Alan Snow is a well-known author and illustrator of children’s books and has also worked in many fields of design and animation. He has written two novels, Here Be Monsters! and Worse Things Happen at Sea!, both set in the wonderfully weird world of Ratbridge. He lives in Bath, England.

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Books for Tots donates over 500 books to local schools
Moab Times-Independent, March 28, 2013
...ago | 338 views | 0 | 4 | | Student readers at GCMS (from left) Josh Nielsen, Alan Snow, Megan Windsor and Aushea Lore pose with the new books donated to the school. Courtesy photo More than 50 new book titles were recently donated to Grand County...
Focus/Laika Reunite for the 2014 The Boxtrolls
Computer Graphics World, February 8, 2013
...any other 2012 animated feature. The Boxtrolls is a 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid animated feature based on Alan Snow’s bestselling fantasy adventure novel Here Be Monsters. The Boxtrolls is being directed by Anthony Stacchi (co-director of the hit...
‘The Boxtrolls’ is the next film from ‘ParaNorman’ animators
Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2013
...feature film: “The Boxtrolls.” The film is based on “ Here Be Monsters, ” a children’s fantasy novel by Alan Snow, and will open in theaters in October 2014. It will tell the story of the people of the Victorian-era town of Cheesebridge,...
LAIKA announce The Boxtrolls with the voices of Ben Kingsley, Simon Pegg, Elle Fanning & More
HeyUGuys, February 7, 2013
...doesn’t say who’s penning the script, but we do know that it’s an adaptation of Alan Snow’s best-selling novel, Here Be Monsters! And the description of the film as a ’3D stop-motion and CG hybrid animated feature’ below is definitely...
Laika Announces New Boxtrolls Feature
Animation World Network, February 7, 2013
...any other 2012 animated feature. The Boxtrolls is a 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid animated feature based on Alan Snow’s bestselling fantasy adventure novel “Here Be Monsters.” The Boxtrolls is being directed by Anthony Stacchi (co-director of the...
My First Taggies Jingle Bells Book
Primary Times, December 14, 2012
...that's so much fun his family will remember it all year long… How Santa Really Works Pop-Up Alan Snow & Maggie Bateman £12.99, Simon & Schuster Beneath the Arctic Polar Ice Cap, deep underground, is a bustling community with one mission only -...
This Moose Belongs to Me
Primary Times, December 3, 2012
...pore over together, this really is a book to share time and time again. How Dinosaurs Really Work Alan Snow £10.99, Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Have you ever wondered what colour dinosaurs really were, what they had for breakfast or even...
Trees on Main Street, Pelham Road to come down
Amherst Bulletin, January 2, 2013
...many that are privately owned. “This is starting the removal of trees likely to fail,” said Tree Warden Alan Snow. Snow has met several times with WMECO arborist Calvin Layton to examine trees in the right of way and determine those with...
[AppleTell] iPhone, iPad and iPod touch app and accessory holiday sales [updated]
Technology Tell, December 23, 2012
...of Ebenezer Scrooge. In the spirit of the novel, and in celebration of the Christmas Holidays 2012, developer Alan Snow has lowered the price on his popular audio-visual app A Christmas Carol – Drawn & Told from $6.99 to 99c…a real gift! Available...
An App, App Appy Year
Media Post, December 20, 2012
...I love the free game-a-day model as a marketing device. A Christmas Carol Drawn and Told: From developer Alan Snow for Android and iOS, this full audio reading of the Dickens tale comes with wonderful Michael Cole illustrations. For those with...
My First Taggies Jingle Bells Book
Primary Times, December 14, 2012
...that's so much fun his family will remember it all year long… How Santa Really Works Pop-Up Alan Snow & Maggie Bateman £12.99, Simon & Schuster Beneath the Arctic Polar Ice Cap, deep underground, is a bustling community with one mission only -...
Is it a halibut? Is it a plaice? Can you solve the mystery of this strange looking fish?
Waveney Advertiser, December 6, 2012
...AFTER nearly 30 years in the fish trade, Alan Snow knows his haddock from his halibut. But when a man brought in a strange-looking fish he had found on Pakefield beach, Alan and his staff were baffled. “We didn...
Is it a halibut? Is it a plaice? Can you solve the mystery of this strange looking fish?
Lowestoft Journal, December 6, 2012
...Alan Snow from World Of Fish, Lowestoft with a Rays Bream fish that was washed up on Lowestoft beach. 12:43 PM AFTER nearly 30 years in the fish trade, Alan...
Is it a halibut? Is it a plaice? Can you solve the mystery of this strange looking fish?
EDP 24, December 6, 2012
...AFTER nearly 30 years in the fish trade, Alan Snow knows his haddock from his halibut. But when a man brought in a strange-looking fish he had found on Pakefield beach, Alan and his staff were baffled. “We didn...