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Christmas Is Here!
Celebrate the Christmas season with Snoopy and the Peanuts gang in this special Level 2 Ready-to-Read!
Christmas is finally here! This year, Snoopy just wants to spend a peaceful and quiet day with his best friend Woodstock, but people keep interrupting them. Find out how Snoopy gets into the Christmas spirit in this festive Ready-to-Read story!
This paperback edition comes with two pages of stickers!
© 2019 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Christmas is finally here! This year, Snoopy just wants to spend a peaceful and quiet day with his best friend Woodstock, but people keep interrupting them. Find out how Snoopy gets into the Christmas spirit in this festive Ready-to-Read story!
This paperback edition comes with two pages of stickers!
© 2019 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
32 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2019
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Charles M. Schulz
3,022 books1,636 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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December 14, 2024
4 or 4.5 Peanuts are always great.
December 19, 2019
Snoopy and Woodstock are excited to celebrate the winter holidays with some fun activities. After planning their activities, they set off to complete them. But they keep getting interrupted such as when Sally jumps in to add eyes and a nose to their snowman. Snoopy's frustration builds until he and Woodstock finally just go home and bake cookies. Having finally having found some peace and quiet, Snoopy realizes that while the quiet is pleasant, he misses having the rest of his friends nearby. Woodstock sets out to change that. This early reader book is a cute story about getting along with people when things don't meet our expectations. It's also a classic Peanuts story. A fun early reader for Snoopy fans.
November 29, 2019
Snoopy and Woodstock just want to have fun together during the Christmas season, but other members of the Peanuts cast keep putting a damper on everything they do.
This beginning reader follows Snoopy and Woodstock as they celebrate Christmas through a variety of seasonal activities. However, they are constantly interrupted by other Peanuts characters who then spoil things for them. Eventually, the entire Peanuts gang finds a way to celebrate together.
This story is different from other Peanuts stories because it is entirely from Snoopy's point of view and contains a lot of his interior monologue. I enjoyed it because Woodstock is my favorite character, and here he plays a supporting rather than a peripheral role.
There seem to be two morals at play. The first is that togetherness is what matters the most during the holidays, which is fairly standard for holiday-themed stories. But the secondary moral is a gentle reminder not to rain on another's parade. Snoopy and Woodstock were having fun doing things their own way, and it was unkind of the others to tell them that they were doing things the wrong way when it wasn't hurting anything. Sometimes people think that they are helping when they are really just being bossy and spoiling things for someone else, so this is something important to keep in mind.
This beginning reader follows Snoopy and Woodstock as they celebrate Christmas through a variety of seasonal activities. However, they are constantly interrupted by other Peanuts characters who then spoil things for them. Eventually, the entire Peanuts gang finds a way to celebrate together.
This story is different from other Peanuts stories because it is entirely from Snoopy's point of view and contains a lot of his interior monologue. I enjoyed it because Woodstock is my favorite character, and here he plays a supporting rather than a peripheral role.
There seem to be two morals at play. The first is that togetherness is what matters the most during the holidays, which is fairly standard for holiday-themed stories. But the secondary moral is a gentle reminder not to rain on another's parade. Snoopy and Woodstock were having fun doing things their own way, and it was unkind of the others to tell them that they were doing things the wrong way when it wasn't hurting anything. Sometimes people think that they are helping when they are really just being bossy and spoiling things for someone else, so this is something important to keep in mind.
October 10, 2019
This is a sweet ready-to-read easy reader that doesn't feel forced like so many character based easy readers do to me. Christmas is coming and Snoopy and Woodstock have all kinds of plans. There is a nice repetition to their escapades and the message at the end is sweet. Who doesn't love a Snoopy and Woodstock story? This is one that preschoolers would enjoy listening to and new readers who enjoy reading.
December 20, 2024
3.5 stars--This is a happy-go-lucky little story that will entertain young and old Peanuts fans. The illustrations are classic and the message is a good one. It's a little disconcerting for Snoopy to speak in the text, but perhaps he's communicating in that beagle babble recognizable from the cartoons.
November 18, 2019
I love snoopy and this Christmas book was so adorable.
May 28, 2020
An elementary level easy reader about Snoopy and his friend Woodstock enjoying the say of Christmas Eve where all their fun keeps getting interrupted by other people in their life.
January 16, 2022
I always forget how much I love Snoopy until I read one. Snoopy is always good for the soul:
December 4, 2023
Cute illustrations, fun story!
December 25, 2025
Snoopy tries to have fun.
A wonderful tale about Snoopy and Woodstock trying to have fun on Christmas Eve.
Friends add more fun to their time together.
A wonderful tale about Snoopy and Woodstock trying to have fun on Christmas Eve.
Friends add more fun to their time together.
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