Yet another Schulz bio for kids!

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 too much about hte fact that Schulz’s name is misspelled in the title of the Amazon.com entry. That’s likely something that happened in the magical computer databasing of this.)

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