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English-language Non-U.S. Peanuts books

May 23, 2021 revision

In Britain and Australia, they've had a number of books which were just reprints of US Peanuts books. Most notable of that sort are the Coronet books which reprint the US Fawcett Crest books. There are 89 of these books, and they are numbered. I have a separate page listing those. The publisher Ravette also published reprints of the Peanuts Collector Series (although I do not yet know if they completed the full run; apparently, they left off the last strip in some books to have room for ads). What follows are foreign English-language Peanuts books which are not simple reprints of U.S. editions:

COLOUR KNIGHT

These short strip reprints, each reprinting a few Sunday strips in color, are part of a series of Colour Knight kids books. Published circa 1975 by Knights Books, the paperback division of Brockhampton Press.
  • Colourful Charlie Brown
    • First printing -- contains 15 strips, square-bound *
    • Second printing -- contains 11 strips, saddle-stitched *
  • The Peanuts Season *
  • Snoopy in Springtime *
  • Snoopy on Stage *

HODDER & STOUGHTON COLOR EDITIONS

These are large reprints of Sunday strips in color. However, the coloring is poor and the strips are relettered (apparently because they were reworking some foreign-language edition.)
  • The Loves Of Snoopy
  • Lucy rules OK? *
  • The Misfortunes of Charlie Brown *
  • Snoopy And His Friends
  • The Peanuts Gang *
  • You're a Good Scout Snoopy *
  • Snoopy And His Friends & The Loves Of Snoopy (Double Volume) * (HB)
  • You're a Good Scout Snoopy, The Peanuts Gang, & Lucy rules OK? (Treble Album) * (HB)

MOVING BOOKS

Despite being completely in English, theseboard books were published in Japan circa 2012 by Shufunotomosha. Each right-hand page has a display window through which you can see, as you turn the page on the left, a simple animation.
  • All Together Now
  • Happy-Go-Lucky *
  • Sweet Memories

PEANUTS CLASSIC LIBRARY

A four-volume boxed set of very thin (24 page) hardcovers published in Australia by The Five Mile Press, 2015
  • Classic Treasury:1950-1954 Volume 1 *
  • Classic Treasury:1955-1958 Volume 2 *
  • Classic Treasury:1959-1963 Volume 3 *
  • Classic Treasury:1964-1967 Volume 1 *

PEANUTS GUIDE TO LIFE (CANONGATE)

Nice hardcover gift book strip collections published by Canongate.
  • The Genius of Charlie Brown *
  • Life Lessons from Lucy *
  • The Peanuts Guide to Christmas
  • The Peanuts Guide to Happiness *
  • The Peanuts Guide to Love *
  • The Philosophy of Snoopy *
  • The Predicaments of Peppermint Patty *
  • The Wisdom of Woodstock *

PEANUTS GUIDE TO LIFE (RAVETTE)

Ravette took the single-volume US Peanuts Guide To Life and broke it down into a series of three hardcover gift books.
  • Peanuts Guide to Life Book 1 *
  • Peanuts Guide to Life Book 2 *
  • Peanuts Guide to Life Book 3 *

POPCORN ELT READERS

This is a line of educational readers aimed at new English readers. (Most in the series are not Peanuts.)
  • Snoopy and Friends * With CD; also available without CD
  • The Ice-Skating Competition * With CD; also available without CD

SCHOOL PEANUTS

Most purely Enligsh Peanuts book are published in North America, England, or Australia, of course. The Japanese have some books that reprint strips in English, but those books also have the Japanese translations of the text. However, I have found one set of all-English Peanuts paperbacks that are published in Denmark, of all places! The School Peanuts books are designed for students in non-English-speaking countries who are studying English. The pages alternate between strips and discussions of the aspects of American culture (baseball, TV, Halloween, and so on) mentioned in the strips. There may be more to the series than are listed here; I only know of these because of the volume of this series that I have.
  • School Peanuts 1 *
  • School Peanuts 2 *
  • School Peanuts 3 *

SNOOPY

Budget in Australia and Ravette Limited in England put out the Snoopy series of paperback strip reprint books starting in 1987, each about 80 pages long, each page having 2 dailies or one Sunday strip in black-and-white. The volumes are numbered, but the numbering systems differ between the two publishers/

  1. It's a Dog's Life * (dailies from 1983-1984; Budget edition is number 2)
  2. Roundup * (Sundays from 1984-1985)
  3. Freewheelin' * (dailies from 1982-1983)
  4. Joe Cool * (Sundays from 1982-1984; only reprints 76 strips despite the cover claim that it features over 150 humorous strips featuring the world's favourite beagle--and not all of the strips have Snoopy in them anyway!)
  5. Chariots For Hire * (dailies, 1983-1985, although the indica incorrectly indicates that they're all from 1985)

SNOOPY AND THE PEANUTS GANG

A series of horizontally-orinted color volumes reprint only Sunday strips, with the full first panel, and in color. These are particularly attractive to the Peanuts fan, as the standard US reprint books are not in color and rarely have the full Sundays.

  1. First Serve *
  2. Be Prepared *
  3. Stay Cool *
  4. Shall We Dance? *
  5. Come Fly With Me
  6. Let's Go *
  7. Are Magic *(Note: the copyright page indicates that this is based on a German edition--and while the text is the original English text, two of the strips (9/17/72 and 6/17/73) have what appear to be German words in the opening frame. Also, the copyright page lists the wrong copyright date for the strips; it contains most but not all of the Sunday strips from 10/10/71 to 9/9/73, in order)
  8. Hit the Headlines *

SNOOPY SNAPS

This numbered series of Australian strip reprints was published by Budget.
  1. "Blazing the Trail" *
  2. "Supreme Sportsman" *
  3. "Bringing the House Down" *
  4. "Just Another Coverup" *
  5. "Snoopy with the Lot" *
  6. "Heaven on a Stick" *
  7. "That's Snow Business" *
  8. "A Bird's Eye View" *
  9. "Snoopy's Lonely Hearts Club" *
  10. "Snoopy To The Rescue"
  11. "Here's Looking At You" *
  12. "Let's Party" *

SNOOPY STARS and SNOOPY FEATURES

This numbered series of black-and-white books in standard paperback format focuses on Snoopy in each of his various guises. They were published by Ravette starting in 1988, with Budget publishing Australian versions of at least some of the books using a different numbering scheme. Some (possibly all) of the first 13 books were published in two editions. The most immediately obvious change in the revised edition is that they have page numbers. A little closer attention will show that some (not all) of the strips are different from the original, unnumbered edition. (I'm still trying to find people who have examples of some of the numbered editions of these earlier books.) Several of these titles were reprinted in 2000-2001 as part of the Snoopy Features series.
    Snoopy Stars...
  1. ...as The Flying Ace
    • Unnumbered *
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Flying Ace
  2. ...as The Matchmaker
    • Unnumbered * (unnumbered version #2 in the Australian series)
    • Numbered
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Matchmaker
  3. ...as The Terror of the Ice
    • Unnumbered *
    • Numbered
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Winter Wonder Dog *
  4. ...as The Legal Beagle
    • Unnumbered *
    • Numbered
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Legal Beagle
  5. ...as The Fearless Leader
    • Unnumbered * (unnumbered version #1 in the Australian series)
    • Numbered *
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Fearless Leader
  6. ...as Man's Best Friend
    • Unnumbered * (unnumbered version #4 in the Australian series)
    • Numbered
    • Numbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as Man's Best Friend
  7. ...as The Sportsman
    • Unnumbered * (unnumbered version #7 in the Australian series)
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Sportsman
  8. ...as The Scourge of the Fairways *
    • Unnumbered *
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as Master of the Fairways
  9. ...as The Branch Manager
    • Unnumbered *
    • Numbered
  10. ...as The World Famous Literary Ace spine title leaves out "World Famous"
    • Unnumbered *
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Literary Ace
  11. ...as The Great Pretender
    • Unnumbered * (unnumbered version #11 in the Australian series)
    • Reprinted as Snoopy Features as Master of Disguise (Source still to be verified)
  12. ...as The Dog-Dish Gourmet
    • Unnumbered *
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Master Chef ??? Still need to verify the reprint source
  13. ...as The Fitness Freak
    • Unnumbered
    • Numbered No difference in strips from unnumbered *
    • Unnumbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Fitness Fanatic *
  14. ...in The Pursuit of Pleasure
    • Numbered *
  15. ...as The Weatherman
    • Numbered *
  16. ...as The Thinker
    • Numbered *
    • Numbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Great Philosopher *
  17. ...in The Mixed Doubles
    • Numbered *
    • Numbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as The Tennis Ace
  18. ...in Brotherly Love
    • Numbered *
  19. ...as Ludwig Van Beagle
    • Numbered *
    • Numbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as the Music Lover *
  20. ...as The Holidaymaker
    • Numbered
  21. ...as The Entertainer
    • Numbered
    • Numbered version reprinted as Snoopy Features as The Great Entertainer

SNOOPY 2-IN-1 COLLECTIONS

These books each reprint two volumes of the Snoopy Features series
  1. The Flying Ace/The Literary Ace *
  2. The Fitness Fanatic/The Matchmaker *
  3. The Legal Beagle/The Great Philosopher *
  4. Master of the Fairways/Man's Best Friend *
  5. The Sportsman/The Fearless Leader *
  6. The Music Lover/The Master Chef *
  7. Great Entertainer/Master of Disguise
  8. Winter Wonder Dog/Tennis Ace

SNOOPY ANNUAL

British "annuals" are hardcover books generally filled with comics mixed with articles, puzzles, and prose stories, and the Snoopy annuals are no exception. These are published by Ravette. They even colored in the daily strips!
  • Snoopy Annual 1990 *
  • The 1991 Snoopy Annual *
  • Snoopy Annual (no date on cover, 1991 copyright date -- cover has Snoopy reading the Annual) *
  • Snoopy Annual (no date on cover, 1992 copyright date -- cover has CB, Snoopy, and Woodstock on sled) *

WEEKENDER

Published in Australia by Budget and in Britain by Ravette.
  1. Weekender *
  2. Snoopy's Long Weekender *

WHITE KNIGHT

These strip reprints, were published by Knights Books, the paperback division of Brockhampton Press. Until the arrival of the Complete Peanuts series, this had been considered a great set of books to get, because it has plenty of early strips that had never been reprinted in US books.
  • Meet the Peanuts Gang published 1969, includes strips from 1950-'52, '56, and '62 *
  • Don't tread on Charlie Brown published 1970, includes strips from 1950-'52, '56, and '62 *
  • What were you saying, CB? published 1971, strips from 1955 *

OTHER BRITISH STRIP REPRINTS

These books are not part of any series that I can recognize.
  • The Best Of Snoopy Reprints the color Sunday strips from The Snoopy Festival, except for the first 10, and leaves out all of the dailies. Published in 1983 by Houder & Stroughton *
  • The Bumper Book of Peanuts thick black-and-white book of strips * (HB)
  • Peanuts Apparently the very first British Peanuts book, published by the newspaper The Daily Sketch. A partial reprint of the U.S. book More Peanuts. *
  • Peanuts At School reprints portions of Classroom Peanuts, published in hardcover by Houder & Stroughton, and in softcover by Ravette * (HB)
    • Peanuts Treasury A retitling of Peanuts At School, published by Ravette in paperback in 2001. Do not confuse with the U.S. book of the same name.
  • Snoopy Classics U.K. reworking of the U.S. book Peanuts Classics, replacing some of the pages of dailies with more recent ('70's-'80's) dailies. Published circa 1989 in hardcover by Houder & Stroughton, and softcover by Ravette.
    • Peanuts Anniversary Treasury A retitling of Snoopy Classics, published by Ravette in paperback in 2000 *
  • Snoopy Treasury This book takes most of the U.S. book Peanuts Treasury and mixes in the color pages from Sandlot Peanuts, and then adds a Schulz intro that isn't from either of the books -- I have yet to try to track down where it comes from. Published in 1990 by W.H. Smith *
  • Snoopy Parade * (HB) apparently originally published by Hodder & Stoughton, I have the Book Club Associated edition
  • Snoopy: Swings Into Action * Comics Album #1, published by Ravette in 1992. Includes most of the 1988 Sundays in color.
  • You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown A British reprint of the U.S. book You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown
    • You Really Don't Look 50, Charlie Brown Another version of the same book with a few pages added of newer strips, published by Ravette in paperback in 2000 *

BRITISH STORYBOOKS

These don't really quite belong on this page, but I wanted to record their existence and didn't feel like adding a new page at the moment. These are little hardcover books with original stories by Gordon Volke, illustrated with recycled Schulz art, published by Ladybird.
  • Snoopy In Disguise *
  • Snoopy to the Rescue *
And these are board storybooks published by Ravette, each with a loop on it so that you can use it as a Christmas tree ornament:
  1. Snoopy: No Home for Christmas *
  2. Snoopy: Desert Christmas *
  3. Snoopy: Pantomime Puppets *
  4. Snoopy: Saves the Day *

BRITISH ADAGE BOOKS

The British versions of the following books vary in text and images from their U.S. equivalents:
  • Happiness is a Warm Puppy Published by WH Collins
  • I need all the Friends I can get published by Hamlyn

These hardcover titles published by Ravette do not have American equivalents (although I have not checked the contents; it is possible that they cull their material from the revised editions of the US adage books:

  • best friends... understand sharing *
  • a friend is... forever *
  • true love is... complete trust *

PEANUTS LITTLE BOOKS

These books are original British books, pairing quotes from the strip with art taken from the strip.
  • Snoopy's Little Book of Laughter *
  • Lucy's Little Book of Advice *
  • Charlie Brown's Little Book of Wisdom *
  • Peppermint Patty's Little Book of Blunders *
  • Educating Peanuts *
  • Charlie Brown's Little Book of Friendship *
  • Snoopy's Little Book of Style *
  • Peanuts' Little Book of Life *

ODD BOOKS

  • Best of Friends - a kids' storybook *
  • The Bumper Book of Peanuts - a strip collection * (HB)
  • Celebrating Peanuts - A strip collection covering the full run of Peanuts, released after but not based on the US book of the same title. * (HB)
  • It's Your Year, Charlie Brown * a prose storybook
  • Peanuts for the Soul - a strip collection * (HB)
  • Peanuts: The Poster Book* (HB) Removal Peanuts prints; no prose, relaly, but I didn't have a better place to list it. Iles Press, 2019.
  • Snoopy Saves the Day - a kids' storybook *
  • Snoopy's Book of Colours --the British edition of Snoopy's Book of Colors, merely with a British-spelled title. Oh, I am sadly obsessive. *
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