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These books that are comin’ out, they’re gonna have covers!

We’ve got covers for a couple more fall releases: The Peanuts Movie Movie Novelization (aimed at 8-12 year olds), and Snoopy: Contact, another full-color strip collection in the AMP Comics For Kids line.

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Another Peanuts movie book

Scholastic Press has solicited a November book that’s either called The Peanuts Movie Book or Snoopy & Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie, depending on where you look. This appears to be an illustrated novelization, but not the Peanuts Movie Novelization that another publisher is putting out (different page count.)

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Lucy’s Ghost

If you’ve read the 1971 Holt, Rinehart, and Winston-published storybook Snoopy and “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night”, then you’ve seen the interesting image shown here. If not, then just understand that the book (built around strip stories, but with new Schulz art) is about Snoopy’s writing his great novel, …

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The ADJECTIVE cover

Here’s the cover for the ADJECTIVE book Peanuts Mad Libs, available through Amazon and at your local PLACE near you in early October, in plenty of time to be a HOLIDAY present for you favorite NOUN!

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More Snoopy books

First off, let me note that postings have been light lately because I’ve been planning for a trip, and while I’m not likely to write new posts for the next few days because I’ll be on my trip, and I should have other things to do besides blog (Vegas!). But I …

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It’s time to get Charlie Brown’s religion!

This fall’s A Charlie Brown Religion: The Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz is now available for preorder. Remember, by preordering, you lock in Amazon’s lowest price between now and when the book comes out.

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Covers of Christmas Yet To Come

I’ve got some covers for this year’s Christmas editions for you. Here’s the slipcase for the deluxe slipcase edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas, fairly low priced for something being pushed as a Deluxe Edition. If the art looks familiar, yes, you’ve seen this art used again and again in recent …

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Snoopy puppet book images

This is Snoopy’s Happy Day, a “puppet book” – a board book with a built-in basic puppet. More interior images are available if you click through.

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Books for those not bored of board books

Added to the increasingly insane fall schedule of Peanuts book releases is two more board books, both part of a My First Peanuts series. Both ABC and Hide-and-Seek are schedule to ship in November, but can be preordered now. This means there’s at least 42 books slated to come out between September and November of …

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Classic finds

Is This Tomorrow?

As both a Schulz specialist and a general comic book guy, one item that I’ve long wanted is Is This Tomorrow? America Under Communism, a 1947 comic book published by the same folks who put out Topix, the Catholic comic book which Schulz provided lettering and cartoons for. He also had a …

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