Psycho-economy of Charlie Brown
Coming next month for Kindle users (and preorderable now) is The Psycho-economy of Charlie Brown: Strategies for a happier society. Well, actually, it’s La psicoeconomia di Charlie Brown: Strategie per una società più felice, because the darned thing is in Italian. And (courtesy of Google Translate), this is what it’s about: Nobody …
Let’s Dance, Snoopy cover
Here’s the announced cover for Let’s Dance, Snoopy: 65 Years of Peanuts, which ships in January. I’ve already preordered my copy, have you?
A Classic Treasury from Down Under
Coming in November is Peanuts: Classic Treasury Volume 1, which appears to be a 304 page hardcover reprint covering selections from the first half of the run of the strip. This is being published by Australian publisher Five Mile Press, but it is listed on Amazon, so I guess that it’s …
New Art of Peanuts book
Coming next fall is another book by Chip Kidd (the man who brought us Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz). This 240 page hardcover has been announced both as The Art of Peanuts and as Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts. Published by Abrams ComicArts, the book will include two posters. Kidd …
Golden Brown
The sixty-fifth anniversary of Peanuts lineup has been joined by another volume, the paperback You’re Golden, Charlie Brown: 65 Years of Peanuts, which will come from Ballantine Books next June and can be preordered now.
Books for those who speak British
Currently winging its way to me are the first four volumes in the UK-only Peanuts Guides to Life series: Philosophy of Snoopy, The Wisdom of Woodstock, The Genius of Charlie Brown, and Life Lessons from Lucy. Other Peanuts books coming up in the UK: The Peanuts Guides to Life The Peanuts Guide to Love The …
My Confession
As I’ve mentioned in the past, while I try to bring you all the interesting Peanuts book information that I can, there are times that I have information that, due to professional obligations, I am not free to share. The post from last week about the Classic Peanuts Paint-By-Number Kit is …
Woodstock Master of Disguise cover
You’d think that if they were doing a book of Woodstock strips, they might put Woodstock on the cover. But no! It’s just Snoopy and Mr. Green-head Mustache-face! Woodstock: Master of Disguise comes out in April, but it can be preordered now.
The puppet book is back
Snoopy’s Happy Day: a Peanuts Puppet Book, which disappeared from the schedule to be replaced by “Untitled”, is now back again and ready for preorder, to ship in June of next year. It’s a 16 page book for kids.
Blockheads for Knitwits
Coming in March of next year, it’s Peanuts Crochet, a book of instructions on how to crochet a dozen different Peanuts characters, packaged with the the hooks and all the materials to make three of the characters (I’m betting Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, judging by the image.) The book is …