Happiness is a Warm Puppy

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On every spread there’s a tiny tidbit of wisdom from one of the gang, along with one of Schulz’s irresistible drawings. Much of the 1950s and 1960s sensibility of Schulz's daily comic strip is distilled down into single-panel homilies that capture the essence of the basic message he was trying to impart. Schulz's first book and the first title in this series of square-shaped books written and illustrated by Schulz. In a Very Good - dust jacket (the golden one) w/light rubbing to the front and rear panels, tiny chip to front panel top edge, two tiny closed tears to top edge, one other to the rear panel bottom edge.

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: First Edition In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. I was 8 or 9 years old and a relative had recently been at a party given for Charles Schulz in honor of this book's publication, and all of the attendees received the book, and I was given it as a gift. Before Happiness is a Warm Puppy, Schulz had published only collected “Peanuts” strips; this is the first Peanuts book to appear in a format of original text and illustrations, on colored paper. Schulz describes happiness with simple text and line drawings of the Peanuts kids on yellow and orange paper. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.The book spent 45 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and by 1967, it had sold over one million copies throughout the world! Is it the mansion on the hill, the Cadillac in the driveway, the two car garage, the latest technological devices? But for a moment, the reader is asked to think about what makes them happy, and that's a pretty cool thing. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling to edges; front hinge slightly loose; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dustjacket with minor rubs over all; minor wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling over all; Good condition.

As I shivered getting up this morning, I thought about something from my childhood that always managed to bring some warmth on raw winter days in the Scottish Highlands where I grew up.I realised quickly and viscerally, as someone handed me my head in my hands to play with, that dogs are just not up there with human children to their parents, however incredible us owners think they are. She is also happy when she is sitting in front of a birthday cake with 'lots of candles' - six to be precise, which is okay but the more they get, perhaps the less happy she will be! Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

Previous Owner's poem to front endpaper, gift inscription to front pastedown (hidden by front flap). We love being able to save you so if you purchase multiple items we may be able to give you a discount as it won't cost us as much to ship to you we can pass that savings on to you in a refund after purchase or an adjustment if you let us know in advance. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. Join Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors, creators, and educators. Linus is obviously studious for he is happy with 10 out of 10 for spelling (this reminds me of my first essay at senior school where I made a spelling mistake and had the red 'Sp' marked alongside - and the word I had misspelt, 'misitakes' - well it was appropriate anyway!Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand.

SNOOPY has become an American hero; CHARLIE BROWN, the archetypal loser; LINUS, the blanket toting philosopher; and LUCY, the crabby loudmouth. Happiness and satisfaction isn’t something that you climb up to by acquiring more things and more status and, well, just more. The jacket's inside flap is missing, there is a previous owner's signature inside on the first free page. But on the receiving end of happiness he does not look quite as happy when Lucy practises the title, 'Happiness is a warm puppy' as she gives Peanuts a cuddle.And, like our historians and archaeologists do now with the writings of Socrates and Sophocles and Seneca, Schulz will be a touchstone about life in the mid-to-late 20th century, and what we thought happiness was. Happiness is different for everyone and it can look like anything - love when they really drive the point home. We have a wide range of prints from line drawing to mental health quotes, we even have some personalised prints available! But, he sat down at his drawing desk and within an hour had come up with more than enough ideas to fill an entire volume. In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized.