Snoopy Come Home: A Peanuts Book

by Charles M. Schulz

Will Snoopy’s doghouse be torn down to make room for a highway? Will Snoopy get a special supper during national dog week? You'll find out when you join Snoopy and his friends - Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Sally and "Pig-Pen"- in this collection of funny cartoons.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Childrens, Animals, Dogs

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Charles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”

Reviews

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

he’s just a chill little guy

[Mom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snoopy is the greatest and this book doesn't disappoint! I suggest you read it, it will make you feel better!

[Noninuna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found that lately, nothing can cheer me up as Peanuts did!

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

never have i related to a cartoon dog more

[Milan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend this book to people who like comedy and fun

[shea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the french translation and loved it

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

holds up👍

[Melissa Namba · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that this book is focused solely on Snoopy. He welcomes birds into his house and then pushed them out. He worries about a new freeway being built over his house. He plays baseball. I particularly like the Vulture Snoopy comics.

[Mabearbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snoopy is always a fun time! Snoopy's outlook and philosophy on the everyday is just so quirky and chilled. This book is a facsimile edition that was first published in 1962 and it contains strips from 1955-1962

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm convinced that Snoopy is my spirit animal.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cartoons from the mid-fifties and early sixties. It’s easy to forget how good Peanuts could be.

[Karin Livingston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snoopy lives on! Works well on Kindle for tablet

I love revising Snoopy! He is such a good, cheerful influence. The colors and resolution play well on my Samsubg tablet, which contains my Kindle content. Love that I can zoom in on the frames.

[Abbott]

It made me iternally crack up!!!

[William Alexander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Kaethe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cannot even look at a thumbnail of the cover without hearing "Linus and Lucy" in my head. Fun fact: I didn't know that was the name of the song until I bought a tape of the Christmas special music to listen to in the car in 1996.

[Ve · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't bother finish this book for several reasons.

1. The jokes were cute but not funny.
2. I felt obligated to finish it when I really didn't want to.
3. It felt like it would never end.
4. Many jokes were repetitious.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes in life you just want to read a cute basic comic strip about Snoopy the worlds most famous beagle. Yes all the strips are just 4 panels long. Yes there is no real story. Yes it holds up. I was shocked no Woodstock in this book, i have no idea when that little bird was added.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Except, it's in French. I'll see if I can add my borrowed French version here before I give it back. :)

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

A French translation of "Snoopy, Come Home". A must-have for francophone lovers of Schultz.

[Hilary "Fox" · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whirleydog.

[Macarena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked it. There were strips that don't have never seen :)

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

I reread this after buying a vintage copy for my birthday this year. I loved the memories and the sweet tale of love and friendship. This is a warm tale and a fun quick read for Peanuts fans,

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.8 stars

[Laura Bang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practicando español con Snoopy! :)

[Janis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn't expect I'd like it that much, but I do. The doggo humor is on point and I can just relate.

[Molly Fiddler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think I'll ever rate Snoopy less than the top.

[Tammy]

Great book

[Allyson Jamison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up on Peanuts so going back and reading them is so nostalgic. I absolutely love Snoopy!! <33

[Art · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of classic Snoopy cartoons from the late 50s, early 60s. Cute. I liked this--then again, I always love the Peanuts.

[The_J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simpler joys from and perhaps even for a simpler time.