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Primary Peanuts Reprint books: a handy grid guide

At various times, different lines of books have served as the primary Peanuts strip reprints; i.e., they have consisted primarily or solely of strips that had not appeared in books before. There have also been other lines of books that have repackaged material from the primary books in some organized format, either splitting a primary book into smaller books or collecting material from two primary books into a larger book. Some of these repackagings are imperfect, missing a small number of strips from the original either due to format restrictions or editorial error, but for the most part they make an effective way to build a good Peanuts library.

This grid attempts to organize the following standard reprint series:

• Full books is my name for the first series of Peanuts books. These are paperback books, 5 inches by 8 inches.
• Fawcett books, are the standard paperback-sized books published Fawcett, at first under their Crest imprint and then simply as Fawcett Crest. Fawcett took each primary strip reprint book and broke it down into multiple smaller books.
• Peanuts Parade books are 7 inches by 10 inches, and have 50% more strips than a full book. There are two types of Parade books; some reprints one and a half full books, while others are primary strip reprints. A Peanuts Parade book can be identified both by its size and by the fact that it says Peanuts Parade on the cover. All 29 Peanuts Parade books are numbered in the order of release. (Note: the first printings of #11, Speak Softly And Carry A Beagle, are not numbered and do not have Peanuts Parade on the cover.)
• Peanuts Classics are the same size and length as the full books. There are three basics types of Classics: ones that reprint an entire Full book, ones that reprint 2/3s of one of the primary reprint Parade books, and ones that reprint 1/3 of one primary reprint Parade book and 1/3 of another. Peanuts Classics often take the name of the book they're reprinting, even if they're not reprinting the whole book. This can cause confusion, but the Classics are easy to identify, since they say "Peanuts Classics" right on the cover. (Do not confuse the hardback book entitled Peanuts Classics with the Peanuts Classics book line.) These books unfortunately multiply the errors made in previous editions, with missing strips and miscollated books. However, they are the only editions of much of this work which is still in print.
• Weekly Reader published hardback versions of various full books. Unfortunately, they chose to abridge many of them, without marking them as abridged. Even worse, some books were issued in both abridged and unabridged editions. The effort to identify which volumes they published, which were available as abridged and which were unabridged is a new one. This column of information is the one unfinished part of this grid.
• The World of Charlie Brown is a boxed set of books published by the toy manufacturer Mattel, offered through a mail-order deal. The full set has 9 books, with each book reprinting two full books in a flip-book format. All told, 17 primary strip books are reprinted, plus the themed book Snoopy.
• Peanuts Collector Series is a series of primary strip reprint books published by Topper Books. They vary in size, but are all wider than they are high.
• Andrews & McMeel published three primary strip reprint books, which are still available.
• Peanuts Treasury is a 1990s line of sequential strip reprints, published by Harper Collins.
• Ballantine Books were the primary strip collections for the last five years of the strip.
• Ballantine Big Books are larger hardcover collections of the Ballantine Books, distributed to big box stores.

Using this chart:

The first column shows the primary strip reprint book. Next is the years of the strips reprinted in the book. The remaining columns are used to show which books in the other series cover the material in the primary book. For example, if we were to list the three Holt, Rinehart, Winston books of roughly the standard size which actually weren't primary reprint books (because they consisted mostly of previously reprinted strips) it would look like this:

Full Book	Years	Fawcett	Parade	Classics	Weekly Reader	Notes
Snoopy	'55-'58	Here Comes Snoopy + Good Ol' Snoopy	#5: What Makes You Think You're Happy?	What Makes You Think You're Happy?	Abr. & Unabr.	Also available in The World of Charlie Brown set.
Snoopy Come Home	'55-'62	Half of this is in We Love You, Snoopy	#7: The Mad Punter Strikes Again	The Mad Punter Strikes Again	Abr. & Unabr.
Big League Peanuts	'??-'85	Partially reprinted in Strike Three, Charlie Brown + Good Catch, Snoopy!				Sideways, not the same format as the full books; on the list just to show the Fawcetts.

means that you have the strips that are in the Snoopy full book if you have

• The Fawcett books Here Comes Snoopy & Good Ol' Snoopy or
• Peanuts Parade Book 5, What Makes You Think You're Happy? or
• The Peanuts Classics book What Makes You Think You're Happy? or
• The boxed set The World of Charlie Brown

No more new "full books" came out starting in 1975. Instead, the new material was collected into the Parade books. Since this was a longer format, each was broken down into three Fawcett books, rather than two, and one-and-a-half Classics.

Parade	Years	Fawcett	Classics	Notes
#11: Speak Softly and Carry a Beagle	'74-'75	You've Got to be Kidding, Snoopy + It's Show Time, Snoopy + Keep Up the Good Work, Charlie Brown	Speak Softly and Carry a Beagle + Duck, Here Comes Another Day	The first printing of the Parade book does not have the Peanuts Parade masthead or numbering. The Weekly Reader edition of that title is severely abridged. The Classics reprints are missing about 6 pages.
#12: Don't Hassle Me with Your Sighs, Chuck	'75	It's Raining on Your Parade, Charlie Brown + Think Thinner, Snoopy + Let's Hear It for Dinner, Snoopy	Don't Hassle Me with Your Sighs, Chuck + Duck, Here Comes Another Day
#21: Summers Fly, Winters Walk	'76-'77	Think About It Tomorrow, Snoopy + Love and Kisses, Snoopy + Stay With It, Snoopy	Summers Fly, Winters Walk + The Cheshire Beagle
#22: The Beagle has Landed	'77-'78	Jogging is In, Snoopy + Snoopy, Top Dog + Sing for Your Supper, Snoopy	The Beagle has Landed + The Cheshire Beagle
#23: And a Woodstock in a Birch Tree	'78	You're Our Kind of Dog, Snoopy + Blaze the Trail, Snoopy + This is the Best Time of the Day, Charlie Brown	And a Woodstock in a Birch Tree + Nothing Echoes Like an Empty Mailbox
Parade	Years	Fawcett	Classics	Notes
#24: Here Comes the April Fool!	'79-'80	Look Out Behind You, Snoopy + Don't Bet On It, Snoopy + Up and At 'Em, Snoopy	Here Comes the April Fool! + Nothing Echoes Like an Empty Mailbox	Also available as You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree from Scholastic Books
#25: Dr. Beagle and Mr. Hyde	'80-'81	It's Chow Time, Snoopy + We're All in This Together + Go For It, Charlie Brown	Dr. Beagle and Mr. Hyde + I Heard a D-Minus Call Me
#26: You're Weird, Sir!	'81-'82	Sweet Dreams, Charlie Brown + How Does She Do That, Charlie Brown? + You're Hopeless, Charlie Brown	You're Weird, Sir! + I Heard a D-Minus Call Me
#27: Kiss Her, You Blockhead!	'82	Take Charge, Snoopy + Let's Party, Charlie Brown + Good Morning, Snoopy	Kiss Her, You Blockhead! + Sarcasm Does Not Become You, Ma'am
#28: I'm Not Your Sweet Babboo!	'83	Go Fish, Snoopy! + She Likes You, Charlie Brown! + Get Physical, Snoopy!	I'm Not Your Sweet Babboo! + Sarcasm Does Not Become You, Ma'am
#29: The Way of the Fussbudget is Not Easy	'83-'84	You're an Ace, Snoopy! + How Romantic, Charlie Brown + Nice Shot, Snoopy!	(The Classics The Way of the Fussbudget is Not Easy contains only part of this material)

Starting with the 1985 strips, the main reprints were part of the Peanuts Collector Series. During this period, Schulz did some single-panel strips that are in the Collector series but not in the Fawcett version, presumably because they did not reformat well into the space provided. Some other strips are missing from the Fawcetts as well.

Collector	Years	Fawcett
#1: Dogs Don't Eat Dessert	'85	You're Supposed to Lead, Charlie Brown + Hold the Fort, Snoopy
#2: You're on the Wrong Foot Again, Charlie Brown	'85	Hold the Fort, Snoopy + Have No Fear, Snoopy
#3: By Supper Possessed	'86	You're a Knockout, Charlie Brown + It's Party Time, Snoopy
#4: Talk is Cheep, Charlie Brown	'86-'87	It's Party Time, Snoopy + School's Out, Charlie Brown
#5: It Doesn't Take Much to Attract A Crowd	'87	Get Back to Nature, Snoopy + Hats Off to You, Charlie Brown
#6: If Beagles Could Fly	'87-'88	Hats Off to You, Charlie Brown + Have a Ball, Snoopy
#7: Don't Be Sad, Flying Ace	'87-'88	Guess Who, Charlie Brown + You're Not Alone, Charlie Brown
#8: Could You Be More Pacific?	'88	You're Not Alone, Charlie Brown + Lead On, Snoopy!

At this point, Andrews & McMeel took over the main reprint line, and the Fawcett line was brought to an end.

Andrews & McMeel	Years	Notes
Being a Dog is a Full-Time Job	'89
Make Way for the King of the Jungle	'89-'90
Around the World in 45 Years	'93-'94	Substantial overlap with Dogs are Worth It + The World is Filled With Mondays

After several years without sequential reprints, Harper Perenial picked up the challenge and released the Peanuts Treasury books. Each of these covers about 300 dailies and 12 Sunday strips from a given year.

Peanuts Treasury	Years	Notes
Now That's Profound, Charlie Brown	'91
I Told You So, You Blockhead	'92
Dogs are Worth It	'93	Overlaps with Around the World in 45 Years
The World is Filled with Mondays	'94	Overlaps with Around the World in 45 Years

Ballantine Books picked up the rights for the sequential reprints of the strip's final five years. They decided to make their collections complete, not skipping any strips, and issued them in reverse order. Not only are the Sundays in color for 1996-2000, for 1997-2000 they even colored the daily strips!

Ballantine Books	Years	Big Book	Notes
It's A Dark And Stormy Night, Snoopy	'95	More Peanuts Collection
The World According to Lucy	'96		Don't confuse with the small hardcover book of the same title
It's a Big World, Charlie Brown	'97	Peanuts Collection
It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy	'98
Peanuts 2000	'99-'00		First printing is missing the final daily and Sunday. Later printings include the Sunday but not the daily.

This grid is an updated version of one originally published in Comics Buyer's Guide issue 1254. Special thanks to Scott McGuire for his help with the Peanuts Classics.