SNOOPY: DOGHOUSE TAILS - Charles Schultz

I feel sad for children today who won't grow up with newspapers in their house. Children who won't know the joy of thumbing through the inky paper for the comics page every day, with a special section, IN COLOR, on Sunday. Children who won't get to know Dennis, Calvin, Beetle, and of course the Peanuts Gang.

Fortunately, someone's been wise enough to keep Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and all the gang in front of people by putting the old strips together into book-length collections. This is book #18 in a Peanuts collection.

For those of us old enough to remember reading the daily strips and are somewhat familiar with the gang, this is certainly on the more "recent" end of the strip. While we see all the familiar characters (most of whom originated in the 1950's, we also see a fair amount of Peppermint Patty and Marcie, the latter not appearing in the strip until 1971. There's also a bit of Snoop's cousin Spike who did not appear in the strip until 1975.

This is not a graphic novel - there's not one continuing storyline. Trying to describe the actions here would be pointless. This is comic strip humor - short, often poignant, sometimes funny moments in characters' lives. They often appeal to all ages. Children who can't yet read can enjoy the pictures - especially those of Snoopy and his antics. Children get a kick out of what happens. Adults enjoy both the reliving of their youth and the passion of the strips. 

Without newspapers in nearly every home as they were in the 50's, 60's and 70's, it's important to provide classics like this in book form. When the grandkids go to meet with grandpa and grandma, and they're without their Xstation and Playbox for a day, it's books like this that will entertain them.

Looking for a good book? Snoopy: Doghouse Tails, a collection of Peanuts comic strips by Charles M. Schultz should be a household staple for anyone over the age of forty.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review.

4-1/2 stars

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Snoopy: Doghouse Tails

author: Charles M. Schultz

artist: Charles M. Schultz

series: Peanuts Collection #18

publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

ISBN: 9781524890476

paperback, 176 pages

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