Compact Happiness

Coming in August is a book that Amazon calls The Peanuts Classics Treasury: The Complete “Happiness Is” Collection but which the publisher’s website refers to as Peanuts: A Treasury of Happiness. Presumably, this is a collection of all the content from Happiness is a Warm Puppy, Security is a Thumb and a Blanket, Christmas is Together Time, I Need All The Friends I Can Get, Happiness Is A Sad Song, Suppertime, Home is on Top of a Doghouse, and Love is Walking Hand in Hand (and I just scared myself by typing all of those off of the top of my head — the whole point of making the AAUGH.com collectors’ guide was so that I wouldn’t have to carry stuff like that in my head, dadgummit!) It’s a hardcover, with a dust jacket, listed at $19.95 but with a substantial discount on your preorder.

And if I had to hazard a guess, I’d say that the listing on the publisher’s website will be the title. It’s more graceful, and avoids the confusingly overused Peanuts Classics tag. But time shall tell.

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The Essential Peanuts preview

The magazine People ran a preview of The Essential Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, the upcoming Peanuts retrospective written by my bud Mark Evanier. I’ll let you head there for the content, but I am going to talk on one part of the preview pointed to me by AAUGH Blog …

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Charlie Brown’s America goes soft

Coming in December is a paperback edition of Blake Scott Bell’s Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts. I reviewed the hardcover when it came out in 2021, and that positive recommendation still stands. Share the news!

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Finally, a Peanuts book that is ALL ABOUT ME!

Since you’re following this blog, I know that you’re interested in my updates and insights on Peanuts books. I’m not sure how deep your interest in the humble AAUGH Blogger goes… but if you want it, you will soon have the chance to purchase a Peanuts book that’s ALL ABOUT ME! …