A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Paperback)

by Charles M. Schulz (Author), Justine Fontes (Author), Ron Fontes (Author)

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Product Description

Based on the Home Video and Television Special!

It's Thanksgiving time! Peppermint Patty invites the gang over for dinner at Charlie Brown's, even though all he can make is cold cereal and toast! With the help of Snoopy and Woodstock, Charlie Brown braves the kitchen -- but can he make a meal everyone will be grateful for? Celebrate with the Peanuts gang as they give thanks in this adaptation of the classic television special.

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 4-8
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Little Simon (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689850271
• ISBN-13: 978-0689850271
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,202,226 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars SMALL--LOOK AT THE DIMENSIONS, December 17, 2007

By	Lisa Wells (Prairieville, LA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Peanuts) (Hardcover)

Live and learn. I never thought to look at the dimensions of a book in the description. I mean, why would I? They don't make teeny weeny books that appear normal size on the computer, right? um--wrong. It's teeny.

Now, my kids think it's the cutest thing, so that makes it worthwhile. If not for that, I would call this a bad joke.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading , November 14, 2007

By	Paul H. Joslyn (Seffner, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Peanuts) (Hardcover)

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Peanuts)
I was very disappointed with this product. There was no indication in the description that this book was actually in miniature size. Although it may be a cute stocking stuffer, it is not a suitable addition to a classroom or personal library, as this was meant to be.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, January 9, 2007

By	N. Kantro (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Peanuts) (Hardcover)

The book is good, however it is way too small. There are many pages and it was intended to be a story for my Pre K class. I had to omit several lines and pages. I was disappointed as I did not expect such a tiny and complicated book.