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Peanuts Storybook Treasury
Join the Peanuts gang on their adventures in this beautiful new storybook treasury featuring eighteen stories in over 300 pages!Lucy and Charlie Brown try to be the best big siblings they can when Lucy thinks Linus has outgrown his baby blanket and Charlie’s sister Sally first comes home. Snoopy and Woodstock reminisce on their long and happy friendship. Through feats of imagination, changing seasons, sportsmanship, and more, the Peanuts gang learn and grow together. This charming collection Lose the Blanket, Linus! Kick the Football, Charlie Brown! Cool Like Snoopy Messy Like Pigpen Snoopy for President Sweet Like Sally A Best Friend for Snoopy A Best Friend for Woodstock It’s Hockey Time, Franklin You’re a Big Brother, Charlie Brown! Nice to Meet You, Franklin Shoot for the Moon, Snoopy! Snoopy’s Snow Day Woodstock’s Sunny Day Woodstock’s First Flight It’s Springtime, Snoopy The Many Faces of Snoopy Hugs for Snoopy © 2024 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
304 pages, Hardcover
First published August 27, 2024
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Charles M. Schulz
3,037 books1,630 followersCharles 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.”
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.”
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February 18, 2025
Peanuts: Thoughts
Words do not need to be long to be meaningful. Books do not need to be thick to be insightful. In fact, if it can be said simply and yet, remain insightful, then you may have magic. The Peanuts are such magic.
From 2 to 90 everyone seems to know Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and other members of the Peanut gang. You might not remember them all, but you know them.
I went in search of some Peanut answers. You see, I found Charlie Brown – notice how we always say both parts of his name? – a little too negative for my taste. That was until I read him once again. Then it is the world that is negative. Charlie is just trying to cope with it in a caring and kind manner. He won’t let Lucy continuously pulling that football away erode his hope. Silly? Sure, but hopeful as well. And that positivity rubs off on his community. Not on everyone, but on most. And is that not the most that we can truly wish for?
Peanuts Storybook Treasury, by the master, Charles M. Schulz, is an awesome way to get reacquainted with the depth and charm of the Peanut gang. Both my two junior associates kept asking for “more, Nonno, more” as we read some of the 18 different stories included in this Treasury.
From an early Charlie Brown writing to an unseen pencil pal about the birth and development of his little sister, Sally, to Pigpen getting cleaned up, to Franklin just being a kid, to Snoopy, well what can we say about Snoopy? Snoopy is the cool kid that we all hope to be. Snoopy is a friend we all wish to have. Snoopy is the ability to let our imagination soar.
To get some background, I had ordered some other Peanut based books via my local library. The History of Fun Stuff, The Great American Story of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts Gang!: Ready-to-Read Level 3 by Chloe Perkins, Scott Burroughs (Illustrator). Now talk about a title that gives away the plot. However, this short book was full of insights and factoids about the Peanuts that it was well worth the less than ½ hour it took to read it. The background gives both insight and hope to aspiring writers, illustrators, and others who want to follow a passion rather than a safe course for their future.
For instance, I did not know about the influence that Schulz had on Bill Waterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, but someone I sensed it in a recent drawing that I did of both Calvin and Charlie Brown. You can feel their kinship. It is also a tale of how a kind word and a kind deed can have ramifications far into the future. We should all try a little more kindness.
And in a world where hate and intolerance seem to be taking up more and more of the news cycle, perhaps we should all go back and read or reread, ‘Nice to Meet You, Franklin,’ as a reminder for what is really important. As a hint it starts with KIND and ends with NESS.
Thank you for the nice memories and the new ones created by Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanut gang, yes, even Lucy. Afterall, what can you expect these days for a nickel?
Lino Matteo ©™
Twitter @Lino_Matteo
https://linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025...
#Books #BookReview #Peanuts #CharlieBrown #Snoopy #Montreal #BusinessEnglish #LinoMatteo #BE #UP
Words do not need to be long to be meaningful. Books do not need to be thick to be insightful. In fact, if it can be said simply and yet, remain insightful, then you may have magic. The Peanuts are such magic.
From 2 to 90 everyone seems to know Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and other members of the Peanut gang. You might not remember them all, but you know them.
I went in search of some Peanut answers. You see, I found Charlie Brown – notice how we always say both parts of his name? – a little too negative for my taste. That was until I read him once again. Then it is the world that is negative. Charlie is just trying to cope with it in a caring and kind manner. He won’t let Lucy continuously pulling that football away erode his hope. Silly? Sure, but hopeful as well. And that positivity rubs off on his community. Not on everyone, but on most. And is that not the most that we can truly wish for?
Peanuts Storybook Treasury, by the master, Charles M. Schulz, is an awesome way to get reacquainted with the depth and charm of the Peanut gang. Both my two junior associates kept asking for “more, Nonno, more” as we read some of the 18 different stories included in this Treasury.
From an early Charlie Brown writing to an unseen pencil pal about the birth and development of his little sister, Sally, to Pigpen getting cleaned up, to Franklin just being a kid, to Snoopy, well what can we say about Snoopy? Snoopy is the cool kid that we all hope to be. Snoopy is a friend we all wish to have. Snoopy is the ability to let our imagination soar.
To get some background, I had ordered some other Peanut based books via my local library. The History of Fun Stuff, The Great American Story of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts Gang!: Ready-to-Read Level 3 by Chloe Perkins, Scott Burroughs (Illustrator). Now talk about a title that gives away the plot. However, this short book was full of insights and factoids about the Peanuts that it was well worth the less than ½ hour it took to read it. The background gives both insight and hope to aspiring writers, illustrators, and others who want to follow a passion rather than a safe course for their future.
For instance, I did not know about the influence that Schulz had on Bill Waterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, but someone I sensed it in a recent drawing that I did of both Calvin and Charlie Brown. You can feel their kinship. It is also a tale of how a kind word and a kind deed can have ramifications far into the future. We should all try a little more kindness.
And in a world where hate and intolerance seem to be taking up more and more of the news cycle, perhaps we should all go back and read or reread, ‘Nice to Meet You, Franklin,’ as a reminder for what is really important. As a hint it starts with KIND and ends with NESS.
Thank you for the nice memories and the new ones created by Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanut gang, yes, even Lucy. Afterall, what can you expect these days for a nickel?
Lino Matteo ©™
Twitter @Lino_Matteo
https://linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025...
#Books #BookReview #Peanuts #CharlieBrown #Snoopy #Montreal #BusinessEnglish #LinoMatteo #BE #UP
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