Peanuts books or by Charles Schulz

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I am amused by this ad from the Feb 19, 1965 Newark (Ohio) Advocate offering “Peanuts Books by Charles Schulz”. The first one is a Peanuts book… but not by Schulz, it’s an analysis of Peanuts by Robert Short, although it does include some strips in it. Two by Fours is a book by Schulz and Kenneth Hall, featuring cartoons and text about young children and the church; no Peanuts involved. The remaining two collect Schulz’s “Young Pillars” cartoons.

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Peanuts for penguins

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