The other Other Snoopy
- By : Nat
- Category : Classic finds, Reviews
A while back, I posted about a 1955 book featuring a dog named Snoopy, one who is not our Snoopy, and noted that it was not the first such example.
Well, now I have my paws on The Story of Snoopy The Nosey Little Puppy by the single-named Harriet. That’s the interior title; the cover title is merely Snoopy. This is a wire-bound book of 10 thick cardboard sheets, all but the last with a full color image on the front, text and illustrations in brown on the back. Published in 1946 by Maxton, this is a thrilling tale about a dog who has an encounter with a crab, and the little girl who takes care of him ends up wrapping his nose with a handkerchief. Okay, it’s not so much thrilling as not-thrilling, but it is a tale, I suppose.
So, despite the similarity of the titles, this book has no visible relationship to 1955’s Snoopy the Nosey Little Puppy, and of course no link to the Charles Schulz character that bears the same name. (And lest anyone get suspicions, let me point out that Snoopy was a name Schulz chose only after finding the name he had chosen was already in use.)
And now I’ll slip the book into the AAUGH.com Reference Library, and doubt that I’ll have frequent reason to pull it out.
