It’s the Pop-up Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Animated Peanuts

In a few days, Hallmark is releasing another book adaptation of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. This is one of the times that they try to give you a surprise of one pop-up in a book that’s not advertised as a pop-up… but, since it credits pop-up artist Brian Pilachowski, eagle-eyed readers will know something is coming. But then, these books are probably largely read to kids rather than by kids, so it’s just as well.

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