I am, apparently, a sucker for anything anyone describes as a Peanuts book… even when it isn’t. Take for example this items which was listed on eBay as a “puppet book”. Well, yes, it does fold open, so I understand how someone might think it’s like a book… but that would make paper napkins “books” as well.

But if it’s not a book, its also an odd puppet, the flat backing giving one a limited range of motion, and with Snoopy’s head permanently attached to what looks to be a pillow, even though he’s depicted as standing.

The thing that I love about this Knickerbocker foldable puppet toy is what Snoopy is wearing – it looks like it’s from a 1970s Halloween costume, one of those which came with an apron or smock which, rather than trying to look like a costume, instead explained whom the mask was meant to depict.

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