Celebrating, British style

British publisher Ravette, which has done a lot of Peanuts books over the years, including 40th and 50th anniversary books (You Don’t Look 40, Charlie Brown and You Really Don’t Look 50, Charlie Brown… both of which were primarily reprints of You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown) has a 60th anniversary book shipping this fall: Celebrating 60 Years of Peanuts. Hardcover, 128 pages, more info to come.

Oh, and as long as I’m mentioning British books, I should note that The Peanuts Collection has a different publisher in the UK, New Holland Publishers.

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