Peanuts for teachers, and other humans

SnowflakeI was doing my usual work searching out Peanuts books for us all to marvel at when I hit something I hadn’t stumbled across before: licensed Peanuts material meant for teachers and classrooms. While it’s not likely that those of us outside of school will need, say, a lesson plan and record book or 36 copies of the same bookmark, surely there might be some of us who, for home or office, want a Peanuts “Attitude is Contagious” poster or 37 feet of decorative trim made of Peanuts panels or lenticular pencil toppers or some window clings, and if you have a goal to keep track of, the Peanuts kids can help you do that as well! (Really, I might order some Peanuts-decorated computer paper to use as stationary for the appropriate occasions.)

 

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Unquote alone

The warning signs about the new book Rediscovering the True Meaning of Christmas with A Charlie Brown Christmas”: Celebrating Christmas with a Charlie Brown Touch starts with the title, and its curious use of a single double-quotation mark. That’s part of the name every time it’s listed, whether on the …

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Candidate Snoopy

The promotion of “Snoopy for President” dates back to at least 1961 (possibly earlier, I don’t have great reference on it.) The idea is not limited to US presidential election years, but it does tend to swell then. There was not only merch but newspaper articles on it in 1968. …

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Coming to America

Remember a few months back when I got that manga biography of Schulz and it made me really happy, even thought I couldn’t read it? Well, that may be in for a change, because coming in October is Manga Biographies: Charles M. Schulz, The Creator of Snoopy and Peanuts. I …