Charlie Brown on the radio

NPR did a nice piece on Charlie Brown as a character this weekend, talking to For Better Or Worse‘s Lynn Johnston, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown‘s Anthony Rapp, and Judith Viorst, author of many books including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, a book that shows she understands the myth of the happiness of childhood (it’s a favorite in this house.) Oh, and a group of kids. It runs about 8-and-a-half minutes.

You can listen to it here.

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