A book-long sequence of mishaps characterizes Charlie Brown's efforts to get to know the beautiful Little Red-Haired Girl. Illustrations are color screen shots, and are gathered at the center of the book. Snoopy's typewritten "masterpiece", set during World War I, is interspersed throughout Charlie Brown's adventures, and it offers a bit of comic diversion. Beginning with "It was a dark and stormy night ...", Snoopy's story is about his alter-ego the Flying Ace and his dream to take down the notorious Red Baron.
The workman-like writing is like a scene-by-scene description of what sounds like the movie.