TRIUMPH!
- By : Nat
- Category : New releases, Reviews
Yes, I have my copy of the new Kohl’s edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas. This doesn’t have the textured cloth cover of some editions of this adaptation (the 2008 one with Tom Brannon art), but it does have a full-color jacket over full-color boards. It’s pretty big, at 10 3/4″ square, and at a mere $5, a good deal.
And it’s not the only book in this deal, remember. For $5 apiece, you can also get Happiness is a Warm Blanket (the storybook edition, alas; that’s still a good adaptation, just not as a good as the graphic novel adaptation), Be Yourself!, and You Can Be Anything! While those aren’t my favorite books, if you have any interest in them, these are good deals – not only a mere $5, but at 10.75″ square as well, they’re much larger than the original editions.
And yes, the You Can Be Anything! is indeed an improved edition, missing the various errors of the original edition, such as a “www.snoppy.com” and repeatedly misidentifying Snoopy as the “World War II Flying Ace”, getting him in the wrong war. And then there’s the big error that AAUGH Blog reader Jason caught that I missed when I originally reviewed the book: they misspelled the book’s title on the spine. That’s right, when it sits on your shelf, you appear to have You Can Do Anthing!
Anyway, I have updated my pointlessly obsessive guide to print adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas with a page on this new edition. And thus, I have fulfilled my reason for being for another year.
