Peanuts: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Peanuts (Running Press)) [Paperback]

Charles M. Schulz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2010 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Peanuts (Running Press)

Love is in the air! Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Peanuts gang, and see if Charlie Brown will finally talk to the little red-headed girl. This beloved story is now available in an exciting format as an 8x8 with stickers.

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About the Author

Charles Monroe Schulz (1922 -2000) was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known for his Peanuts comic strip. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Dena and Carl Schulz. His nickname "Sparky" was given by his uncle, after the horse Spark Plug in the Barney Google comic strip. He attended St. Paul's Richard Gordon Elementary School, where he skipped two half-grades. As a result, he was the youngest in his class when he attended St. Paul Central High years later, which may have been the reason why he was so shy and isolated as a young teenager. After his mother died in February, 1943, he was drafted into the army and sent to Camp Campbell in Kentucky. He was then shipped to Europe two years later to fight in World War II. After leaving the United States Army in 1945, he took a job as an art teacher at Art Instruction Inc., which he attended before he was drafted. First published by Robert Ripley in his Ripley's Believe It or Not!, then in a series of chronicles, The Saturday Evening Post, his first regular comic strip, Li'l Folks was published in 1947 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. (It was in this strip that Charlie Brown first appeared, as well as a dog that looked much like Snoopy). In 1950 he approached the United Features Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. This strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957-1959), but abandoned that strip due to the demands of the success of Peanuts.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Running Press Kids (January 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076243600X
• ISBN-13: 978-0762436002
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Comic Strips > Peanuts
  • #90 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Holidays & Festivals > Valentine's Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too small, February 2, 2011

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A. Jeppson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Peanuts) (Hardcover)

Perhaps this is user error, but I ordered this for my 5 year old who loves Charlie brown. I failed to read the description, but this is a mini-book. There is no easy way to read this. I would have never purchased this if I had know. Read the description before buying, it's probably not what you want.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DISAPPOINTMENT, December 14, 2011

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Desslok - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Peanuts) (Hardcover)

Amazon does not warn the buyer that this book is approximately two inches in size! way too small!!! extremely overpriced - almost $5.00 for a book that I could turn into a Christmas tree ornament! a BIG disappointment!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Same as always, January 3, 2002

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Mark Melville (NORTH SALT LAKE, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Library Binding)

Pretty much the same as the special,(except for the Pawpet Show),
Charlie Brown waits for valentines with pie in the sky hopes. Snoopy makes a music box out of paper, while Sally makes a diamond and a club, and Charlie Brown watches his "something that is very nice" fall apart.