There isn't a whole lot that can be said about this book. There's less than twenty pages. Each "section" of the book is divided into different locations (park, baseball field, beach, etc.). At each scene the Peanuts gang is involved in various activities. There are a few sentences to compliment the action. However, this is a word book and outside of the Peanuts characters, just about every object is labeled; from balloon to water fountain to scoreboard to ocean to hot dogs and cactus. The book is a simple, but it is a Peanuts book and therefore can be more successful at helping youngsters learning new words than other word books.

"Snoopy: Not Your Average Dog" is one of the best "Peanuts" gift books ever! With many full color illustrations, funny quotes from celebrities, a great selection of classic Snoopy comics, from 1950 to the present, a timeline and even 3-D glasses! No "Peanuts" fan should be without this book! My only complaint about this book - it ended too soon!

This book was given to me as a gift for christmas from my boyfriend. Schultz's ability to capture the trials and tribluations associated with adult and children's love is remarkable. I think that love between two people, whether kids or beagles, is captured in this wonderful compilation.

This is one of Charles M. Schultz's best work. You can never put it down. You don't even have to be a Peanuts lover to get a kick out of this book.

"Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown" presents more classic Sunday "Peanuts" strips from 1962-65. For those who remember the book "The Gospel According to Peanuts," you will find some of Charles M. Schulz's most explicitly religious strips as Linus quotes scriptures regarding yokes and Lucy confesses to her brother that they prayed in school. Linus' security blanket is in for some rough times from both his grandmother and Snoopy, while Charlie Brown continues his epic effort to fly that darn kite. Meanwhile, Snoopy is making friends with both the birds and the rabbits and the sibling rivalry between Lucy and Linus reaches new heights. Going through these classic "Peanuts" strips again only serves to remind me that Schulz was the master of the half-page Sunday strip as well as of the thematic week of daily strips. For more Sunday "Peanuts" strips from this period track down "We're Right Behind You, Charlie Brown."

"Thank Goodness for People" combines reprinted strips from a pair of "Peanuts" collections. The daily strips from the years 1959 and 1960 are from "Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown" where in addition to his travails over flying a kite Charlie Brown becomes a brother with the birth of his sister Sally. However, it takes a while for Sally to actually appear in her first strip (playing spin the milk bottle with Snoopy), at which point she almost costs her big brother a chance to be the goat in yet another baseball game. However, the real star of this particular collection is clearly Linus, who spends his time throwing rocks in a vacant lot, fretting about the future and the peace of the world, falling very hard for his new teacher, Miss Othmar (he does not worship here, he is just very fond of the ground on which she walks), and teaching Charlie Brown about the Great Pumpkin. Then there is the great danger Snoopy faces when he wakes up one morning and discovers a giant icicle poised perilously over his doghouse; fortunately he is actually sleeping IN the doghouse instead of ON the doghouse. There is also the appearance of Pig Pen, Snoopy's conversations with leaves, and yet another Beethoven's birthday to be celebrated.

The rear of the book reprints strips from "Peanuts Every Sunday, which shows us that Charles M. Schulz was not just a master of the four panel daily comic strip but could do wonders with the top half of the front page of the Sunday comics. Few of these Sunday strips from 1958-1961 have a minimum of 8 panels; there are more with 12 or 13 panels, which is certainly at the high end of the spectrum for what you would find in the Sunday comics (then or now). As with his daily strips, Schulz's strength is in telling a story over several strips: my favorite are three devoted to Linus discovering he can make it stop raining. There are a couple of other strips involving Linus and the rain as well, establishing something of a recurring motif for these strips. There are also a couple of strips devoted to the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown trying to fly a kite, Linus running away from home, Lucy listening to Schroeder play the piano, and the joys of snowball throwing. There are also several classic strips involving cloud watching and stargazing. Clearly the late 1950s and the entire 1960s were the heyday of Peanuts, as the strips within these pages clearly prove. You will also be pleased to notice that several of the strips included in both parts of this volume ended up making their way into the first animated "Peanuts" television cartoon, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

... and his friends. Charles Schulz definitely had a gift for looking below the surface for something deeper and then distilling what he found into a line drawing and a single sentence caption. If you want to laugh, cry, and think a little at the same time, this book is perfect. A great gift too.

Highly recommended.

This book is about Snoopy's brother, Spike's journey with cactus to Snoopy's home. Many incidents happen along the journey, but Spike's humor made me and my husband laugh a lot! We love Spike (and his cactus). This book is good for all ages, I think.

This book contains selected strips from the book "Very Funny, Charlie Brown." -- strips from 1956-59. The book is published by Fawcett Crest.

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