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I can think of a number of times that Peanuts storybooks have been converted into board books, often with some shortening and simplification. And I can think of once or twice that the stories from board books have been included inside non-board anthologies of stories. But I can’t think of any case where a board book was converted into a stand-alone non-board book… until now.

Coming in January is a non-board edition of Be Kind, Be Brave, Be You! The original board book edition came out in 2018, and I had some nice words to say about it then. The book is three upbeat-positivity-type poems by Elizabeth Dennis Barton, with Peanuts illustrations by Scott Jerald. It seems to me that it will make a rather slim non-board book (it had 22 interior illustrated pages, the new hardcover will have 32 pages total.)

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How many bunny-wunnies?

We’ve got the first listed Peanuts book for 2027, and while it’s a board book for kids, it’s going to have something for all you Freida fans. In Snoopy’s Bunny Fun!, Freida wants Snoopy to go after rabbits, but Snoopy has other plans. And if bunnies are your thing, January …

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Shipping Pumpkin and Hare Krishnas

First, let me note that the Great Pumpkin Carols book which I talked about a while back is now available for preorder. And while I’m doing that, I’ll remind you both that when you preorder, Amazon will give you the lowest price they list the book for between now and when …

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Peanuts books all a-board!

The mail brought two new Peanuts board books this week, and the web offered up images of another, so I guess that’s the theme for the day. Cheering You On, Charlie Brown looks first at how Charlie Brown has a lot of difficulty in life, but then at how he …