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A Valentine for Charlie Brown
This Valentine's Day-themed Peanuts strip collection is the perfect gift for a loved one.
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang have made an indelible mark on so many treasured American holidays and traditions, from Charlie Brown’s infamous Christmas tree to Linus’s obsession with the Great Pumpkin. And who can forget the most romantic―and occasionally loneliest―of all holidays? From Charlie Brown opening an empty mailbox every February 14th, to Sally Brown and her “sweet baboo” Linus, A Valentine for Charlie Brown is the perfect gift to remind that special someone in your life just what love is all about, for better and for worse!
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang have made an indelible mark on so many treasured American holidays and traditions, from Charlie Brown’s infamous Christmas tree to Linus’s obsession with the Great Pumpkin. And who can forget the most romantic―and occasionally loneliest―of all holidays? From Charlie Brown opening an empty mailbox every February 14th, to Sally Brown and her “sweet baboo” Linus, A Valentine for Charlie Brown is the perfect gift to remind that special someone in your life just what love is all about, for better and for worse!
72 pages, Hardcover
First published February 12, 1976
About the author
Charles M. Schulz
3,030 books1,663 followersCharles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. 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. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
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. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. 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. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
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. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”
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August 11, 2024
No he visto/leído nada de Charlie Brown de peque y siempre me sorprende como esa maldad de los niños y lo tristes que son las historias en verdad alkjsdhas pero también son divertidas, sobre todo la parte en la que Snoopy está venga a recibir cartas de san valentín y Charlie Brown nada... Leerlo con Alba que definitivamente solo mandaría valentines a perritos cuquis y no a chicos fue gracioso
November 15, 2025
What a Great Blast From the Past
This is so much fun to read! Peanuts was one of my favorite comics to read whenever I had the chance. Looking forward to reading more!
This is so much fun to read! Peanuts was one of my favorite comics to read whenever I had the chance. Looking forward to reading more!
March 28, 2026
Se trata de una recopilación de tiras sobre el día de San Valentín en Peanuts
1. Valentine vigil at the mailbox
Charlie Brown está pendiente frente a su buzón de correo por unas tarjetas de San Valentín que nunca llegarán... para él
2. The little red-hired girl
Charlie Brown ha hecho una tarjeta especial para la niña pelirroja que tanto le gusta, pero ¿podrá entregársela?
3. My Sweet Babboo
Sally, la hermana de Charlie Brown está encantada de hacerle una tarjeta de San Valentín a Linus, su "puchunguito". Pero Linus se opone a ser llamado así... y a esa relación que Sally exige.
1. Valentine vigil at the mailbox
Charlie Brown está pendiente frente a su buzón de correo por unas tarjetas de San Valentín que nunca llegarán... para él
2. The little red-hired girl
Charlie Brown ha hecho una tarjeta especial para la niña pelirroja que tanto le gusta, pero ¿podrá entregársela?
3. My Sweet Babboo
Sally, la hermana de Charlie Brown está encantada de hacerle una tarjeta de San Valentín a Linus, su "puchunguito". Pero Linus se opone a ser llamado así... y a esa relación que Sally exige.
January 26, 2023
Great for kids!
Short and sweet, would be good read for kids on Valentine's day obviously. Its kinda funny even for an older person and its very nostalgic if you grew up with Charlie brown!
Short and sweet, would be good read for kids on Valentine's day obviously. Its kinda funny even for an older person and its very nostalgic if you grew up with Charlie brown!
February 15, 2023
You know I love Peanuts comics. They're like comfort food for me. So naturally, I enjoyed this little Valentine book as much as the other holiday-themed Peanuts books I've read recently.
As I've said before, may make this an annual read. Happy (belated, by a few hours) Valentine's Day. ❤
As I've said before, may make this an annual read. Happy (belated, by a few hours) Valentine's Day. ❤
November 21, 2023
Super cute book! Perfect for Valentine's Day with sections on Sally's Sweet Baboo and The Little Red Haired Girl. Loved it!
February 19, 2026
Powerful
I liked that the story was in black and white. I believe that has more meaning.
The parents will enjoy the book.
I liked that the story was in black and white. I believe that has more meaning.
The parents will enjoy the book.
March 28, 2026
This book is exactly what it said it is, exactly what is supposed to be. Perfect for a gift!
April 7, 2026
Love the Peanut gang🌸🌸
July 28, 2026
Very adorable.
February 13, 2026
Perfectly and unapologetically what it is: a sweet little gift or coffee table book. It's got three different collected storylines but you can be satisfied just flipping around or reading only a few. I really enjoyed newspaper trips as a kid (Read a lot of Far Side and Tundra) so this was really nice to read. It's got a simplicity and understatedness that manages to work well with the little jokes and moments of wit.
March 17, 2017
Be rebuffed by love letters.
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February 7, 2026This a small Valentine’s Day themed collection of classic Peanuts comic strips.
This book is divided into three sections.
• "Valentine's Vigil at the Mailbox"
• "The Little Red-Haired Girl"
• "My Sweet Babboo"
In "Valentine's Vigil at the Mailbox," Charlie Brown continues to check an empty mailbox in the hope of receiving a valentine.
In "The Little Red-Haired Girl," Charlie Brown expresses his affection for the Little Red-Haired Girl as well as his hope of giving her a valentine and receiving a valentine from her.
In "My Sweet Babboo," Charlie Brown's sister Sally pursues Linus despite his protests.
This book is divided into three sections.
• "Valentine's Vigil at the Mailbox"
• "The Little Red-Haired Girl"
• "My Sweet Babboo"
In "Valentine's Vigil at the Mailbox," Charlie Brown continues to check an empty mailbox in the hope of receiving a valentine.
In "The Little Red-Haired Girl," Charlie Brown expresses his affection for the Little Red-Haired Girl as well as his hope of giving her a valentine and receiving a valentine from her.
In "My Sweet Babboo," Charlie Brown's sister Sally pursues Linus despite his protests.
February 13, 2017
Always cute
November 28, 2015
Peanuts is at its most cruel when it comes to Charlie Brown and Valentines - this collection of Valentines strips highlights both Charlie's annual cycle of getting his hopes up and then seeing them dashed, to the point that it's sad more than funny. And then a sequence of him trying to give a Valentines to the Red Headed Girl which is sweet, and highlights very familiar experiences. But the highlight is the collection of issues about Sally and Linus and her nickname for him; the Sweet Babboo section actually made me laugh out loud, which is a rarity for Peanuts. This is a very short book (72 pages, a couple of which are title pages), but it does seem to have a bit more content than the other themed collections I've read. And the strip choices work very well here.
May 3, 2015
An absolutely timeless tale - hilarious and oh so relatable~
February 23, 2016
Another quick and easy read! I absolutely loved it this one had me laughing out loud.
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