Type of bind: School & Library Type of bind
EAN num: 9780613617536
ISBN number: 0613617533
Label: Topeka Bindery
Manufacturer: Topeka Bindery
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: 2003-07
Publishing house: Topeka Bindery
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 2660051
Studio: Topeka Bindery
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Product Description:
Surrounded by other kids with extremely commercial ideas about Christmas, Charlie Brown struggles to understand the true spirit of the holiday.
Amazon.com Review:
Just like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Valentine, this illustrated read-along seeks to re-create the popular Peanuts TV show of the same name. This edition also includes a four-song sampler CD from jazz-great Vince Guaraldi's brilliant soundtrack.
With illustrator Paige Braddock aping Charles Schulz's style, A Charlie Brown Christmas retells the Emmy Award-winning program blow-by-blow (with a few omissions), from the ice-skating opening scene to preparations for the school pageant to Charlie Brown's ill-fated Christmas tree rescue. Braddock almost perfectly mimics the show's cast and backdrops, but just as no one could be fooled by even expert impersonation of a loved one, Peanuts fans might find the niggling differences distracting (whether it's Schroeder's too-wavy hair or Pig Pen's just-too-small head).
A 'novelization' like this probably can't ever hope to completely recapture the charm of the original, even if it had used Schulz's original art. Although the dialogue has been faithfully reproduced, much of the story's subtle appeal and cultural subtext gets lost in the book's simplified exposition--which is too bad, given that these are precisely the qualities which have made the show (and Schulz's timeless strip) so durable and well-loved in the very first place. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
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I bought this book for my 4 1/2 year old Snoopy obsessed daughter and she loves it. The book is a condensed version of the cartoon. Ours is a larger 8 inch by 6 inch board book with very brilliant colors and cute illustrations. A definite "must have" for any Charlie Brown fan!!
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This is just a classic good movie. Everyone in our family enjoys it, and you just can't lose with this one!
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This book had a great cover and good quality paper for the pages, however the binding was not sturdy. One had to open the book wide to see all of the wording, but doing that created the string-binding to be stretched too much. I could tell that the pages would fall out after just a few readings. I love the story, but wish the binding was more substantial, especially as kids will be reading it.
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Charlie Brown is being a xmas grump. For some reason he doesn't get it, at this particular point in time. Luckily, the rest of the Peanuts gang have a bit more of a clue, and then there is the faithful dog Snoopy, to help pull him through the midsummer morass of melancholy he is meandering his mug through.
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Pay attention to the reviews on this book - it is not the real thing and fails to capture the magic of the special you saw on TV as a kid. It does clearly state on the title page that this is adapted from the special. I failed to comprehend what that meant. It means the story is abrigded - incredibly abrigded. Unfortunately at the same time it is also wordy. Nothing along the lines of reading the Peanut comic strips. The drawings also look off. Again nothing like the comic strip. A true adaptation of this special would be appropriate for children and adults. This book may work for kids but if you plan to give it to an adult friend to capture the magic of Christmas(as was my intention) don't bother. Very disappointing.
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