The AAUGH Blog

It seems like Sparky has turned into quite a popular topic for books aimed at kids library. Next up, this January, is a new such volume in the First Biographies line. Let’s hope that author Cheryl Carlson hits the mark better than some of the lesser shelf-fillers that have come out. (I really wouldn’t worry […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Nov30

Pumpkins of the future!

by Nat on November 30th, 2004 at 9:07 pm

Posted In: Upcoming releases

I just got caught up covering this year’s Halloween books, and it’s already time to start talking about next year’s! Baby Snoopy’s Pumpkin, a board book for the wee ones, comes out in August of aught-five. Before that, we get The Peanuts Guide To Life from Running Press, the same folks who’ve published the recent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Dec26

Life, Peanuts Style

by Nat on December 26th, 2004 at 9:02 am

Posted In: Upcoming releases

We’ve got some more info on Peanuts Guide To Life. It’s a collection focused on pithy insights found in Peanuts from across the strip’s 50 year run. This one isn’t shipping until May — but if you’re sitting there with a newly-received Amazon gift certificate, remember that you can place the order now and thus […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Jan18

Three-legged Woodstock

by Nat on January 18th, 2005 at 9:23 pm

Posted In: Upcoming releases

Here’s the cover of the upcoming book of Woodstock strips — and I’m hoping that it’s a draft design rather than the final cover. My problem is not just that when this image is run at full cover size, the lack of a fourth leg on the chair would be evident. No, I’m more concerned […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Feb04

Silently Snoopy

by Nat on February 4th, 2005 at 9:05 am

Posted In: Discounts, Upcoming releases

Coming in October: It Goes Without Saying: Peanuts at Its Silent Best, a hardcover collection of wordless Peanuts strips. No matter what language your friends speak, this is a Peanuts book for them! And as long as I’m posting things: we won’t be seeing David Michaelis’s biography of Schulz until 2006. But if you want […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Feb25

Magic disappearing Snoopy

by Nat on February 25th, 2005 at 11:11 am

Posted In: Reviews, New releases, Schulz/Peanuts news, Upcoming releases

In a recent AAUGH blog entry, I mentioned a pamphlet that had Peanuts on the inside but not on the outside. Now to make up for that we have Snoopy Magic Party Ideas, a ninety-five cent Hallmark booklet where the only Peanuts content is the cover. The characters are neither pictured nor mentioned inside. Instead, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Mar13

More Peanuts kids books

by Nat on March 13th, 2005 at 9:37 pm

Posted In: Upcoming releases

There haven’t been a lot of new Peanuts kids books being announced lately. You may not have realized it, but I sure did. It was certainly a switch from the avalanche we were getting before. Up until yesterday, we only had one kids book upcoming on the Upcoming Peanuts Book List. Today, I’ve added two […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…