A Kiss on the Nose Turns Anger Aside (Peanuts Classics) [Paperback]

Charles M. Schulz (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (P) (July 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805020594
• ISBN-13: 978-0805020595
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,569,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Halloween is over and I missed it!", April 17, 2002

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Michele L. Worley (Kingdom of the Mouse, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Kiss on the Nose Turns Anger Aside (Peanuts Classics) (Paperback)

A shorter version of this book was published in 1963 as _You Can Do It, Charlie Brown_; it was retitled in 1976 when it was expanded with strips from _You Can't Win, Charlie Brown_ (neat touch, that). The current title comes from the baseball team trying to cheer on their pitcher, then complaining that baseball is supposed to build character, not tear it down by turning them into hypocrites. :)

The book has no introduction, afterword, or anything except various strips of the adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang (these are from the days before Woodstock or Rerun joined the strip, though). The strips include, among other things: Lucy 'volunteering' Linus when Charlie Brown decides the team needs a baseball scout; Linus' stint with glasses; the time Lucy made a kite out of Linus' blanket (Air Rescue got it back); the time the whole baseball team quit; the motivational notes Linus' mother puts in his lunch; Linus' blanket-hating grandma. Some threads have a point (they're still funny, so I can't call them serious): Sally's fear of kindergarten.

And, of course, the famous sequence that became part of the Charlie Brown Halloween special: Linus explaining the Great Pumpkin to Sally. (Some of the strips that went into the Christmas special are also in here.)