Peanuts books 2017

For the first post of the year, I figured I should do the run-down on what we’re expecting for this year in Peanuts books. Seems likely to be a slightly light year – not full of movie-linked books like 2015, and with hardcover Complete Peanuts having come to an end (no volume 27, boys, and girls, sorry!) and the Peanuts comic book gone and the collections of that material ending, there will be that much less.

But a light year for Peanuts is still a lot of books. There will be strip reprints, including more of the color AMP For Kids books and two more volumes of the gloriously large Peanuts Every Sunday, covering all the 1970s Sunday strips. Simon & Schuster will continue their various kid storybook lines… in fact, they already have, I just received a package of them today (but I’m really not in the mood to review S&S books at the moment.) S&S is also giving us a kid’s history of the strip in The Great American Story of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts Gang!: History of Fun Stuff. Of course, there will be assorted things, from an adult coloring book to much more academic looks at Peanuts.

And there will be some animated adaptations along the way. Will there be a book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas? Well, so far all we know is that there will be an A Charlie Brown Christmas Wrapping Paper Activity Book. It’s got wrapping paper to color! It’s got an advent calendar poster! I’ve got mine pre-ordered, that you can believe!

So trust me, there will be plenty of books starring your favorites in the Peanuts Gang!

The Peanuts Gang: Going on a Hike, a self-published book that's supposed to be available this month!
The Peanuts Gang: Going on a Hike, a self-published book that’s supposed to be available this month!
Upcoming releases
Peanuts books to buy, and a free one

We’ve got a few more books listed as coming up later this year. There’s no surprise that we’re getting the paperback edition of The Complete Peanuts 1993-1994, and with it, the box set of 1991-1994. After all, these have been coming out like clockwork, and 2025 should bring us the …

Upcoming releases
Mostly recycled Peanuts books

There are some new Peanuts titles showing up in the pipeline. I don’t have covers yet, but the books are simple to explain. Welcome Home, Franklin! adopts the new TV special that will hit Apple TV+ on the 16th. Here’s to You Charlie Brown and You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown …

Upcoming releases
Upcoming collections

Coming in May is Five Funny Snoopy and Charlie Brown Stories!, a compilation of the previously-released kids storybooks Let’s Go to the Library!; Time for School, Charlie Brown; Snoopy and Woodstock; Snoopy, First Beagle on the Moon!; and Make a Trade, Charlie Brown! We now have a cover for the …