Charlie Brown & Snoopy & Snoopy & Charlie Brown
What you see here are side-by-side copies of two books. On the left is Charlie Brown & Snoopy, and on the right is Snoopy & Charlie Brown. Same cover. Same pictures and text on the inside. Slightly different in size, different cut shape, and of course a different title. I’m …
Easter Beagle hardback now shipping
The new hardcover adaptation of It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown is now shipping. I don’t have a copy in my hands yet, so I cannot say for sure… but I suspect the Amazon description which has this at about 6 inches wide and high is wrong; the previous books …
A Peanuts Valentine
There are now two books available called A Peanuts Valentine. There’s the strip collection, which came out last year, and now there’s the kids’ book. This is an odd item, a storybook with a cardboard envelope attached to each spread. Each envelope contains a cardboard object related to the tale… …
Cheaper Kohl’s Peanuts books
Those oversized, underpriced special Kohl’s editions of Peanuts kiddie books have gotten even cheaper. Folks are seeing copies at their local Kohl’s for $2.50, half of the original price. These cheap copies are even available online, although the online source is out of A Charlie Brown Christmas. They do still …
An early Charlie Brown Christmas celebration
When we talk about A Charlie Brown Christmas, we certainly recognize that after running for 40 years, it’s now considered a classic. However, there’s a thing about Christmas “classics”; they are often not recognized for their greatness when they first arise. There is a lot of history showing how Christmas …
More, shorter posts
Even though we switched from the AAUGH.com newsletter to The AAUGH Blog a while ago, I’ve still been putting things up more like a newsletter – waiting until I had a few short items and then posting them as a single blog entry. That’s handy for the folks who are …
DeCamping Snoopy
There soon will be no more Camp Snoopy in the Mall Of America, and this time it’s not just an Onion parody piece. Having lost the Peanuts license, the amusement park will be renamed with the rather unexciting name The Park at Mall of America. They’ve announced that they’re selling …
Peanut cookbook a-comin’!
As I just posted on the Upcoming Peanuts Books list, August will bring us The Peanuts Lunchtime Cookbook, a paperback from Ballantine Books. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is just a new edition of the old Peanuts Lunch Bag Cook Book, but I could be wrong. My baby …
Happiness Is… an old cover design
It looks as though the upcoming Cider Mill Press rereleases of the old Determined Productions saying-and-picture books will sport the original cover designs as well. While some of these covers speak to the era when they were designed, that’s not a bad thing; the odds are good that a lot …
Camp Peanuts cover and last minute gifts
We have a first look at the cover of It’s Off to Camp, Charlie Brown. It won’t actually be available until May, but hey, that’s what makes it a first look. It is nice to see a cover that isn’t just a blue sky fading down to green grass for …