Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers
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Author | Charles M. Schulz |
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Language | English |
Genre | Encyclopedia |
Publisher | Random House Children's Books |
Publication date | October 1976 – September 1981 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 145 pp |
ISBN | 978-0-394-83491-7 |
OCLC | 2965340 |
500.1 | |
LC Class | QH48 .C49 |
Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers is a series of encyclopedia-like books that feature comic strips and art from the comic strip Peanuts. Five volumes were published between 1976 and 1981.
Summary
[edit]The content is presented as a series of questions pertaining to the subject of the particular chapter of the books.[1] Amid the questions, pictures and photographs, there are details from established comic strips and complete comic strips, occasionally with its dialogue adjusted to the chapter's theme.[2]
Volume One: About All Kinds of Animals – from Snails to Humans! (Oct 1976)
[edit]Encyclopedic facts about animals.
Volume Two: About the Earth and Space – from Plants to Planets! (Sept 1977)
[edit]Encyclopedic facts about the Earth and the Solar System.
Volume Three: About Planes, Cars and Trains and Other Things That Move! (Nov 1978)
[edit]Encyclopedic facts about motion and mechanics.
Volume Four: About All Kinds of People and How They Live! (Nov 1979)
[edit]Charlie Brown and friends present, in question-and-answer format, information about cultures and customs throughout the world.
Volume Five: About All Kinds of Things and How They Work! (Sept 1981)
[edit]Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang help present a host of facts about a wide variety of simple and complex machines in question and answer format.
Reuse of material
[edit]The material from these books formed the basis for Charlie Brown's Cyclopedia, a 15-volume set published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1980–1981. A second edition of Charlie Brown's Cyclopedia was published in 1990.
References
[edit]- ^ "Book Briefs". The Desert Sun. 2 August 1978. p. A7. Retrieved 1 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Winkel, Lois (28 November 1982). "Books go under your tree". Commentary. News and Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. pp. B1 & B5. Retrieved 1 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.