Winter has arrived, and the whole of Greendale has been carpeted in thick snow. Time to make the most of it! While out snowboarding, Julian and the other children decide to make a giant snowball. It gets bigger and bigger until suddenly it rolls out of control...and down the hill onto the railway line! Pat rushes to the rescue as the train fast approaches, but will he make it in time to save the day?

 

This book is part of a book series called Postman Pat .

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Simon & Schuster .

John Cunliffe qualified as a librarian and teacher, and has been involved with children's books for over forty years. He began writing full-time in 1988, although his first children's book was published in 1964. He was commissioned by the BBC to write the Postman Pat series in 1978. These were broadcast in 1981; the new series of Postman Pat is currently being broadcast. He is the writer and presenter of Rosie and Jim, broadcast on the ITV network. He hopes to work with multimedia in the future. Alison Ritchie works as a freelance editor and writer and has published several children's books. She lives in a village in Oxfordshire with her two children and dog.