Book Description

In 1950, Charles' M. Shultz's Peanuts made its unassuming debut in just seven newspapers. Today, ten years after Shultz inked his final strip, Peanuts appears in 2,200 newspapers in 75 countries, and Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang live on in film and advertisements and on television - adored by fans and forever ingrained in popular culture. The Peanuts Treasury features rare material - some never before published - carefully selected from the Charles M. Schultz Museum and family archives. With quotes from Schulz family members and a foreword by daughter Amy Schultz Johnson, The Peanuts Collection offers insights into the world's most enduring comic strip characters and the man who made them an essential part of our world. The book is divided into approximately 30 chapters, each with a lively essay describing one character or aspect of the Peanuts story, and the text is illustrated with more than 200 images: sketches, doodles, comics, photographs, and still frames of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, and all the rest in various media (newspaper, film, theatre, advertising). Captions and essays include quotes and little-known facts about the characters, the influence that shaped their development, and the impact they've had on popular culture and devoted fans. The book also includes 20 special features that unfold, pop out, or can be removed from the book, including frameable prints of Peanuts characters, rare draft sketches from throughout Schulz's career, a cookbook featuring Snoopy's recipes for dog treats, Peanuts stickers, and much more!