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This collection of 248 daily Peanuts newspaper strips that appeared between 1955 -1958 focuses on perhaps the most famous character in the Peanuts universe, Charlie Brown’s Beagle, Snoopy. Whether he’s chasing snow flakes, doing impersonations, battling the Red Baron or just dancing his world famous happy jig, things are always going to be a little sillier when Snoopy’s around.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1958
About the author
Charles M. Schulz
3,042 books1,676 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 31, 2015
This book features Snoopy and some of the Gang before Woodstock, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, or Franklin even make the strip. The crew of Linus, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Schroeder, Violet, and Shermy are an existential lot, reflecting on everything from manners, to penguins, to life's purpose. This book, simply drawn and satisfying with the four panel strip, is an easy and fun read. Snoopy is ever-endearing and the book ends with our favorite dog noting the very wise, "Yesterday I was a dog...Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably STILL be a dog...*SIGH* There's so little hope for advancement." Oh but Snoopy, I adore you just as you are!
May 10, 2025
he’s just a chill little guy
October 19, 2018
I found that lately, nothing can cheer me up as Peanuts did!
July 18, 2025
holds up👍
April 28, 2020
Ketiga kalinya aku kaget Snoopy bukan komik untuk anak-anak, lol.
Mungkin dari ketiga Snoopy collections yang aku punya, ini yang paling lucu dan gak berat-berat banget sarkasmenya :)
Yang paling lucu adalah ketika Snoopy benci liat leash dan si Charlie Brown bilang, "gpp, Snoopy gak perlu di-leash, dia sudah aku ikat dengan ekspektasi kehidupan" lol
Aku benci banget liat anjing dirantai x_x
Mungkin dari ketiga Snoopy collections yang aku punya, ini yang paling lucu dan gak berat-berat banget sarkasmenya :)
Yang paling lucu adalah ketika Snoopy benci liat leash dan si Charlie Brown bilang, "gpp, Snoopy gak perlu di-leash, dia sudah aku ikat dengan ekspektasi kehidupan" lol
Aku benci banget liat anjing dirantai x_x
March 17, 2020
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.
August 23, 2025
Stumbled upon this at the library as I was walking out. I couldn’t help myself. I laughed out loud a few times, but smiled through the whole thing. Sometimes it’s the simplest of stories that bring the most satisfaction.
April 30, 2012
Aw, I know it's lightweight, but my daughter gave it to me yesterday as a (very) late birthday present. And I love Peanuts!
October 16, 2012
I'm convinced that Snoopy is my spirit animal.
July 6, 2015
"Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I will probably still be a dog. There's no hope for advancement." Snoopy
November 17, 2018
Quality snoop content
January 5, 2025
cutestt
October 6, 2025
cuteness overload 🤏
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January 22, 2021It made me iternally crack up!!!
April 5, 2026
This compilation was fine. It primarily focuses on Snoopy's dog antics, which was never my favorite part of the comic.
June 23, 2026
literally me
August 6, 2026
I love you, Snoopy
March 31, 2026
smoopy🙂↕️
September 2, 2015
Mimi gave me this one because she knows I like "Mutts" and she said this was her favorite comic when she was little, and I can see why. These are SO FUNNY!!!
Snoopy is the best dog ever!! He's really really thoughtful. And he likes to get into trouble. He's always going after that one kid's blanket, or eating candy, and he does NOT like dog food. And he's a good dancer, which bugs the one girl. He's really more like a kid than a person. I think that's why Mimi likes him so much. Anyway, now Mimi and I have ONE MORE thing in common: we love SNOOPY!!!
This one was a little hard but it's like the Mutts books, because you can read them one line [comic] at a time and it's not like it's some big story where if you read it too slow or stop you'll forget what's going on. It's a bunch of little stories. That makes it a really really GOOD one.
Snoopy is the best dog ever!! He's really really thoughtful. And he likes to get into trouble. He's always going after that one kid's blanket, or eating candy, and he does NOT like dog food. And he's a good dancer, which bugs the one girl. He's really more like a kid than a person. I think that's why Mimi likes him so much. Anyway, now Mimi and I have ONE MORE thing in common: we love SNOOPY!!!
This one was a little hard but it's like the Mutts books, because you can read them one line [comic] at a time and it's not like it's some big story where if you read it too slow or stop you'll forget what's going on. It's a bunch of little stories. That makes it a really really GOOD one.
November 17, 2016
A quote I liked from this book was by Snoopy, “I just can’t stand to see anything on a leash !”
This book is soooo funny! It was really fun when the strip would continue into the next three to five following strips. Snoopy deserved this book dedicated to his point-of-view. Take a little down time and enjoy the comics with the Peanuts gang.
Find Snoopy at the Westminster Public Library.
This book is soooo funny! It was really fun when the strip would continue into the next three to five following strips. Snoopy deserved this book dedicated to his point-of-view. Take a little down time and enjoy the comics with the Peanuts gang.
Find Snoopy at the Westminster Public Library.
November 28, 2020
I've never read Peanuts before, I just knew it was famous and adorable. My interest was piqued after watching The Toys That Made Us on Netflix, Hello Kitty episode because the creator was inspired by Snoopy to create a cute character to sell. So when I found this book at Bookxcess priced at RM9.90, I had to grab it.
Snoopy is really cute, and in a way similar to Hello Kitty in that he acts like a human. But unlike Hello Kitty which is actually not a cat, Snoopy is pretty much both a dog and a human. There are several themes going on in the strips and my favourite is those with Snoopy's human perspectives on his canine life.
Snoopy is really cute, and in a way similar to Hello Kitty in that he acts like a human. But unlike Hello Kitty which is actually not a cat, Snoopy is pretty much both a dog and a human. There are several themes going on in the strips and my favourite is those with Snoopy's human perspectives on his canine life.
August 31, 2018
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,
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My late-brother bought this book and I recently found it in a box. I must say that looking at these classic comic strips makes me smile and think of days gone by. The collection is impressive and enjoyable.
Merged review:
My late-brother bought this book and I recently found it in a box. I must say that looking at these classic comic strips makes me smile and think of days gone by. The collection is impressive and enjoyable.
March 7, 2021
This book was passed on to my daughter from my niece. It is so sweet to see my niece’s signature in her childlike printing on the inside cover! The innocent humor of this beloved comic strip is refreshing, and a break from the pandemic blues. Charles Schulz is a legend! Will be sending it on to the next generation, my niece’s daughters.
July 8, 2014
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.
October 30, 2015
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.
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.
December 27, 2015
I love this reprint of the original paperback collection that introduces Snoopy. How interesting that many of the things that we know of the character now, such as his acting out being other animals and his happy dance, have been there from the very beginning.
February 16, 2020
Lots of repeats in this book from the prior books that I read. So I guess it is a selection of story lines from the Peanuts catalog, rather than a sequential series. I do recommend this book because it is light in Lucy, who I am not a fan of.
February 26, 2023
This book has comics from the years of 1955 to 1958. This is compressive collection of Charles Schultz early work. The early stories with pencil drawings and weekly stripes. These are the old black and white comic stripes.
May 6, 2011
It's Peanuts. Who doesn't like Peanuts? Especially Snoopy!
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