Author: Blake Scott Ball Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190090480 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 320
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Despite--or because of--its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through the voices of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang. In postwar America, there was no newspaper comic strip more recognizable than Charles Schulz's Peanuts. It was everywhere, not just in thousands of daily newspapers. For nearly fifty years, Peanuts was a mainstay of American popular culture in television, movies, and merchandising, from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to the White House to the breakfast table. Most people have come to associate Peanuts with the innocence of childhood, not the social and political turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. Some have even argued that Peanuts was so beloved because it was apolitical. The truth, as Blake Scott Ball shows, is that Peanuts was very political. Whether it was the battles over the Vietnam War, racial integration, feminism, or the future of a nuclear world, Peanuts was a daily conversation about very real hopes and fears and the political realities of the Cold War world. As thousands of fan letters, interviews, and behind-the-scenes documents reveal, Charles Schulz used his comic strip to project his ideas to a mass audience and comment on the rapidly changing politics of America. Charlie Brown's America covers all of these debates and much more in a historical journey through the tumultuous decades of the Cold War as seen through the eyes of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
Author: Charles M. Schulz Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1449485693 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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The world needs a hero—and Snoopy is ready to save the day! In times of struggle—an attack of crabbiness, a stolen piano, a depressed bird—Snoopy’s on the scene. Helping the Peanuts gang through various adventures (and misadventures), Snoopy continues his standoff with the Red Baron, finds every opportunity to kiss Lucy on the nose, and ventures out to find the mysterious Lila. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown faces anxiety over saying good-bye, Lucy tries ever more desperately to get Schroeder to notice her, and Linus ponders what life would be like without his blanket. Can Snoopy save the day? Find out in this collection of the classic Peanuts comics. “Schulz’s masterpiece remains . . . relevant and funny for all ages generation after generation.” —Good Comics for Kids, a School Library Journal Blog
Author: Raymond Bean Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1496536258 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 108
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Starr’s family has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to move to outer space! They’ll live on the world’s most advanced space station and help space tourists explore different planets. Starr is excited, curious, and terrified about the big change. She’ll have to leave her school, her house, and, worst of all, her best friend, Allison. But whatever happens, Starr knows her new life will be out of this world!
Author: Charles M. Schulz Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1449480241 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 99
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Meet Joe Cool, the Flying Ace, the Legal Beagle—and Snoopy’s other secret identities—in this collection of classic comic strips! Snoopy is no ordinary beagle. Through the years, he’s adopted many personas, each unique and full of personality. As Joe Cool, he’s aloof, unflappable, above the fray, the hip dog we’d all like to be. As the World War I Flying Ace, he engages in aerial combat with the notorious Red Baron. Snoopy has adopted various guises, and pretended to be all sorts of different animals . . . and people. The Many Faces of Snoopy celebrates eight of Snoopy’s most popular alter egos, along with quotes from Snoopy himself.
Author: Charles M. Schulz Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1449451772 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 233
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Charles Schulz's Peanuts is one of the most timeless and beloved comic strips ever. In this second book of the series, the gang's all here and getting into classic Peanuts hijinks. Whether it's the dynamic duo of Snoopy and Woodstock, or the never-ending crush that Peppermint Patty has on Charlie Brown, the gang's interactions are the heart of strip and will resonate with kids for years to come.
Author: Ruthven Todd Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 048683154X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 100
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"Recommended." — Library Journal. Flyball is back, and this whimsically illustrated hardcover volume recounts the intrepid cat's voyage to Venus, where he and his pilot friend encounter strange plants that can communicate without speaking.
Author: Charles M. Schulz Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1524862002 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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Aspiring astronaut, Beagle Scout leader . . . Snoopy’s keeping busy in this collection of classic Peanuts strips! Man may have already landed on the moon, Snoopy has a bold new mission: to be the first beagle in space! Join Snoopy as he sets out on his ambitious quest while also leading Woodstock and friends as a Beagle Scout and hanging out with his owner, the round-headed kid Charlie Brown . . . “Schulz’s masterpiece remains . . . relevant and funny for all ages generation after generation.” —Good Comics for Kids, a School Library Journal Blog
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Author: Charles M. Schulz
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