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Peanuts Guide to Life #3
The Philosophy of Snoopy
The world's most beloved beagle shares his philosophy on life in this beautifully produced gift book for all generations. In his inimitable style, Snoopy spends his days extolling the virtues of dancing, hanging out with his best bird friend Woodstock, pursuing a full supper dish and giving his owner - our favourite lovable loser, Charlie Brown - the run-around. For the millions of faithful Charles Schulz fans, and those who fondly remember the joyful dog with the wild imagination, this is the first in a new series to cherish that will see the beguiling Peanuts gang share their sentiments on everything from food to friendship.
80 pages, Hardcover
Published September 4, 2014
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Charles M. Schulz
3,029 books1,623 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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May 18, 2024
Too adorable for words!!
I grew up reading the Comics and still did, until our local newspapers went up very high in price! Anyway, I have always loved reading " Peanuts" by Charles Shultz. It's one of my favorites! I saw this book on my one GR friends, list and I had to read it.
It's just plain fun and It's full of a collection of comics of Snoopy and friends. Two of my favorite ones are Snoopy is talking to Woodstock about lessons from yesterday:
" Learn from yesterday.
" Live for today.
" Look to tomorrow.
" Rest this afternoon." 💤💤
Linus and Snoopy:
Linus says, " I should think you'd get bored sitting on a dog house all day. "
Snoopy, " On the contrary...
" Who could get bored flying the ' Starship Enterprise.'"' 😂
These are just two of the delightful comics in this book!
There's one more I'd like to share. It's with Snoopy and Woodstock sitting on his dog house looking towards the sky:
Snoopy says, " Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's take warning."
Snoopy continued, " Red sky at noon, fly a balloon 🎈" Woodstock is laughing! Hee hee hee
" Red sky at ten, big fat hen!" Woodstock is laughing so hard, he falls off the dog house. Hehe hehehe
Snoopy says, " Red before bed, how's your head? "
Woodstock, " hehehehe hehe 😂
It's just fun and great to read after a long, hard day! It also fulfills one of my goals for this year:
Read more books that I have at home 💜
Enjoy and Happy Reading 💫✨🐶🐾🐾🐾🐾
I grew up reading the Comics and still did, until our local newspapers went up very high in price! Anyway, I have always loved reading " Peanuts" by Charles Shultz. It's one of my favorites! I saw this book on my one GR friends, list and I had to read it.
It's just plain fun and It's full of a collection of comics of Snoopy and friends. Two of my favorite ones are Snoopy is talking to Woodstock about lessons from yesterday:
" Learn from yesterday.
" Live for today.
" Look to tomorrow.
" Rest this afternoon." 💤💤
Linus and Snoopy:
Linus says, " I should think you'd get bored sitting on a dog house all day. "
Snoopy, " On the contrary...
" Who could get bored flying the ' Starship Enterprise.'"' 😂
These are just two of the delightful comics in this book!
There's one more I'd like to share. It's with Snoopy and Woodstock sitting on his dog house looking towards the sky:
Snoopy says, " Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's take warning."
Snoopy continued, " Red sky at noon, fly a balloon 🎈" Woodstock is laughing! Hee hee hee
" Red sky at ten, big fat hen!" Woodstock is laughing so hard, he falls off the dog house. Hehe hehehe
Snoopy says, " Red before bed, how's your head? "
Woodstock, " hehehehe hehe 😂
It's just fun and great to read after a long, hard day! It also fulfills one of my goals for this year:
Read more books that I have at home 💜
Enjoy and Happy Reading 💫✨🐶🐾🐾🐾🐾
April 19, 2018
A very cute little collection of some Snoopy comics. I bought this for my mom for Mother’s Day since she loves Snoopy. I also decided to read it myself and make some little comments in the book. Can’t wait to give it to her!
March 9, 2023
Sooooo cute and beautiful. Happy, uplifting and gentle lessons from Snoopy ♥️
August 18, 2022
A very lovely book that shares some important life lessons in a short and sweet way
June 18, 2018
The other Snoopy books I read befite, had all a special theme. This one brings together all the different aspects of Snoopy's character. Really great.
May 6, 2025
absolutely delightful and wise
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September 20, 2025“what do you think the secret of living is, snoopy?”
*kisses nose* <3
*kisses nose* <3
January 28, 2025
Snoopy: the greatest philosopher who ever existed.
«What a great title for my new book.. “Things I learned after it was too late”»
«I need plenty of rest in case tomorrow is a great day.. it probably won’t be, but if it is, I’ll be ready!»
«One of the greatest joys in life is scarfing junk food»
«What a great title for my new book.. “Things I learned after it was too late”»
«I need plenty of rest in case tomorrow is a great day.. it probably won’t be, but if it is, I’ll be ready!»
«One of the greatest joys in life is scarfing junk food»
June 14, 2025
Snoopy fills me with such childhood joy 🥲
June 5, 2025
I have enjoyed the Peanuts Gang for such a long time.
This book is another reason why.
This book is another reason why.
July 30, 2025
szczyt literatury współczesnej
June 8, 2025
thank you angel baby perfect beautiful lover Erika for this book <3 the woodstock to my snoopy always i love uuuuu
December 9, 2024
some of the ways snoopy playfully bothers woodstock (or viceversa) really makes me think about how I, too, do this to my own friends...... snoopy and i are the same in some ways.
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May 7, 2025a bit of whimsy has never hurt anyone
October 20, 2025
ปรัชญาไม่ลับฉบับสนูปี้ - ปรัชญาน่ารัก ๆ ของสนูปี้ เต็มไปด้วยภาพวาดเรียบง่ายและการสื่อสารที่น่ารัก ที่สำคัญเลยคือเราสามารถฝึกอ่าน/แปลภาษาอังกฤษได้จากเล่มนี้ด้วย
December 23, 2024
I received this book as a gift from my partner who said that it reminded me of them. Inside is a collection of fun lil Snoopy comics that indicate that they see me as a food obsessed sarcastic dog, which holds merit. I see my partner as Lucy because much like Snoopy, they hate it when I kiss them.
July 15, 2025
I love you snoopy!!!!
I read this in one sitting at Barnes (it was really short), and I love the Peanuts comics so much. Schulz's cast of characters is so cute and heartwarming and everything to me. Snoopy is the best!!! These are all very silly, and one in particular made me chuckle quite a bit. A lovely selection of comics. Good stuff. Ok bye!!!!!!
I read this in one sitting at Barnes (it was really short), and I love the Peanuts comics so much. Schulz's cast of characters is so cute and heartwarming and everything to me. Snoopy is the best!!! These are all very silly, and one in particular made me chuckle quite a bit. A lovely selection of comics. Good stuff. Ok bye!!!!!!
September 17, 2023
Adorable coffee table book!!!
“Books aren’t everything”
“Books aren’t everything”
April 18, 2025
esnupi
July 25, 2025
living by the word
August 10, 2025
I love Snoopy!! This adorable beagle has delighted fans for 75 years and still keeps dancing in our hearts. 💕
I reach for this little gem from time to time.
I reach for this little gem from time to time.
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June 6, 2024the only philosophy book you will ever need to read
April 5, 2025
life-changing
May 30, 2025
After reading a truly terrifying tome, it was a delightful palette cleanser to visit with the charming, obnoxious and oh so lovable Snoopy!
November 6, 2025
snoopy’s philosophy >>
October 22, 2018
Funny Snoopy comic strips, as cute as always!
February 17, 2020
A true font of wisdom that all who seek meaning should consult and contemplate.
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