What I got on Friday

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After three straight days of receiving packages of Peanuts books, Thursday was a downer… but Friday perked me back up with a nice big case. This turned out to be my comp copies of Classic Peanuts Paint-By-Number Kit, which includes my short book Classic Peanuts: Great Moments.

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Now, while receiving this makes me happy, I obviously cannot review the book.

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So you’ll just have to go pick one up at your local Barnes & Noble and review it for yourself…

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