Snoopy and the illusion of authorial expertise

The book coming in the next few days to a Wendy’s Kid-Under-3 Meal near you (and, I hope, near me), My Favorite Colors, is not listed as being by Schulz. Rather, it’s by Snoopy himself.

In most cases, this would merely be a curiosity, but in this case, it’s problematic. Dogs are, after all, red-green color blind.

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