Charlie Brown (Peanuts), It's the Great Pumpkin

This is such a nostalgic book for parents to see. I am a 4k teacher. I used this book for the kids to "read" the pictures one day, then watched the movie the next day. I loved it that many were not familiar with the book but loved the movie.

A classic book that goes great for the Halloween season or year round. My son enjoys reading this while watching the same episode as he can follow along. I enjoy reading the story to him as it brings me back to watching it as a child myself. The quality is nice - thicker pages that would be more of a challenge for my baby to rip.

This is an excellent book, a classic! This can be read to a newborn up to 4 years old...and after that, it may still be in you're toddler's shelf of go-to classics which they turn to, on those nights when they want mommy and daddy to read them a story! It will never get old! Or maybe you have a friend with a little one or expecting a new addition to the family. A MUST HAVE!

This is a timeless classic of the Halloween holiday cartoon viewed each and every year since the late 1960's. I wanted a first edition to share with the next generation in our family. And, for the price - it was well worth it.

I didn't realize that I purchased the mini edition. The "mini edition" book is extremely small (perhaps 2 square inches). I bought the book for my son, but the size of the book and tiny print seem to make this more of a novelty item than a readable book.

As a teacher, I was actually hoping this would be a book I could read to my students! It's so tiny - - I guess I didn't research enough before ordering. Now it will become a Halloween prize for one of my students I guess.

This is an anniversary edition, which would be fine, but it isn't designed to be read to a child. This is for adults. Or you could do a play with older kids that can read and follow and understand what it means. My kids are 3 and 1. Complete waste of money for me.

I think the publishing company must be reusing the barcode for different rendentions of this book. I skimmed the reviews, some from over 10 years ago, and it sounds nothing like the book I purchased locally. I scanned our book in the store and this comes up and the description is accurate for the book we own. But there are differences in the previously written reviews.
That being said, I think this is a fantastic book. It has 3 pages of "re-useable" stickers, they remind me of non-gel window clings. Every time my 3 year old gets this out, he spends 30 minutes reading the story and finding the stickers for each page. Really, that is fantastic focus for my son. When he's done, I pull the stickers off the pages and put them back on the blank sticker pages for him to do next time. The book is a typical size child's board book. Not too much to the story, but enough to make sense. My son loves Charlie Brown, so I think this is great for his age (maybe up to 5 or 6) and allow him to practice coordination skills. I would purchase this publication again and purchase as a gift.

As the season of autumn moves us from the beautiful landscape of garden colors, we find ourselves walking through a path of yellows, golds, oranges, greens, and browns. What better activity to enjoy than the reading of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", or if possible, viewing the VHS or DVD.

I will look at the book, once again, as I have for so many years, some of which were in the classrooms of life, both in school and wherever else we may have been. I remember the many times I read this story to the children, trying to encourage them to hold on to hope, always. Just as in the story itself, there were skeptics who complained that this story was not valuable, these same "skeptics", that is doubters, walked through their lives just as the characters in the story.

Charlie is watching as Linus is writing a letter to the Great Pumpkin, in hopes of seeing him on Halloween night. This has gone on for several years; it's a ritual with Linus, like the ritual of waiting for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Many of the characters in the Peanuts Gang, laugh and make fun of Linus' devotion to waiting for the Great Pumpkin. The only character who just might think the Great Pumpkin will come is Sally, the little blond whispy haired girl who has a crush on Linus. She just glows when Linus speaks and she hopes that the Great Pumpkin will show himself. Even she is a reminder that we all need someone to believe in us.

As the story moves along, we all know, each of the characters has his or her hopes of getting bags of Halloween candy, cookies, and apples; some get rocks. Why? It's kind of a tradition to give rocks or stones to kids either because they need to behave better, or because someone wants to mess with them.

In the meantime, Sally is sitting with Linus, as the evening moves along and clouds darken, leaving only shadows to experience. All the other kids are checking out their goodie bags, their treat bags; some are grumbling, while others are sincerely glad to receive whatever is in their bags. Be sincere, it's in your best interest to "be happy with what you've got".

Snoopy has his own adventure, flying a World War I plane in a desert; Snoopy is a dreamer and has quite an imagination, as he finds himself imagining being back in the countryside of France, on his way to victory, he has all kinds of adventures.

As the story unfolds, that means, develops, Sally and Linus realize that the Great Pumpkin hasn't come; Linus adds his classic comment: "Wait until next year, I'll be waiting for the Great Pumpkin to come." You see, Linus "NEVER GIVES UP"; he has hope and he believes that his hope is strong enough to make it happen. So, you too, don't give up, keep hoping! This goes for grown-ups, too.

So, why would I review this book, after so many reviews, and after so many people know this story? I do so, because there are a lot believers out there, like You and Me, who need to be encouraged into believing that our positive thoughts will make the situation or wish come true, that hope is a necessary part of life. All you need to do is, .....believe!
Now, once again, I will put this old copy of the book back on the shelf, until the next time I need to read it.

I almost feel like a traitor saying anything less than praise for this book featuring the Peanuts Gang created originally by Charles M. Schulz. I, like millions of others, grew up with Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Violet, Snoopy, Pig Pen, Schroeder, and Sally. Every year at Halloween I looked forward to seeing the story of sincere Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. This book contains all the characters and it re-tells essentially the same story but it has been illustrated by Paige Braddock rather than Schulz and adapted by Justine and Ron Fontes and seems to have lost something in the process. The Peanuts gang always was kind of surly with each other, calling names like Blockhead, pulling footballs out from each other and laughing at one another's expense. In this story, of course, Linus is the brunt of the teasing because he has undying faith in the mythical Great Pumpkin. For years I loved watching the Charlie Brown cartoon specials, the catchy piano jazz theme and the short, big-headed kids with their flat feet and funny facial expressions. Who could help loving Snoopy as the Red Baron or little Woodstock? These cartoons have always had a decidedly adult sense of humor, sometimes rather dark humor even though children the world over have loved the cartoon kids themselves.
This book doesn't work, in my opinion, precisely because it is NOT the TV movie. As a picture book it is placed directly into the world of children's literature and as such, the innocence of the readership makes satire seem inappropriate and it comes off as bad-tempered, impatient and indifferent to the feelings of others. This is not something I want to convey to children and it is not something I like to see done to a classic. Most of the pictures show facial expressions on the kids that are either discouraged, sad, taunting or angry. There's even anguish on one little face. There are only a few smiles.
It is touted as the 35th Anniversary edition but it really doesn't celebrate much of an anniversary because it is an off-shoot of the real thing...sadly not too close to the real thing, in fact. I got this book because I had feelings of fond nostalgia for Linus and his vigil in the pumpkin patch but it made me question why I ever liked it in the first place, and that's sad.

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz
Published by Little Simon
Charlie Brown and his friends were going trick or treating and Linus and Sally were not going with her friends because she wanted to see the Great Pumpkin. Charlie Brown and Snoopy are similar to me because i like to go off and do things by my self like they seem to do. Lucy is always in her own snobby world
This book is not a page turner but it does skip back and fourth through the scenes. I always wanted to keep reading. Yes this book is funny and the best chartered is Snoopy because he was driving the Red Baron and he is winning the war. I also liked it when they were at the party and they were bobbing for apples. I really liked this book because it is Charlie Brown and he is the bomb.[cool] I really recommend this book because it is really funny and you should read it.

Even though this 35th Anniversary Edition is illustrated by someone else, it's essentially the same story book that appeared years ago. True, the story has been trimmed down some. But most of the elements are still there: Linus' desperate hoping, Charlie Brown's holey costume, Lucy putting her brother to bed. The illustrations look almost identical to the drawings of the beloved Schulz and if it weren't for the fact that Paige Braddock's name appears on the title page, one wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Besides, this is a great "Peanuts" story and one of the best Halloween stories around.

I bought this book for my niece without looking inside first. Had I actually read this version first, I would NOT have purchased it. It's just that bad. I happened to have the original 1968 paperback of this book which I have read and re-read since I was a child, and this 2008 version just can't compare.
Basically, this is an abridged version of Charles M. Schultz's classic Halloween tale. Megan E. Bryant, who is credited with adapting the text, did a great disservice to this story. Among the atrocities, she obliterated the beginning, left out most of Snoopy's adventure as the WWI Flying Ace, she edited down the story between Linus and Sally and waiting for the Great Pumpkin (not to mention leaving out Linus' search for the Most Sincere Pumpkin Patch) and cut Linus's usual philosophical musings at the end. She makes Charlie Brown seem more like a chump than Schultz ever would have. The illustrations stay true to Schult's form, but some scenes have been spliced with others so that, again, it's an abridged version of the original.

My wife talked me into this one. Love "Peanuts" and certainly "The Great Pumpkin", just not into reading books about them. Well, I take that back, I enjoyed "Good Grief", the biography on Charles Schulz, as well as a treasury of his works. Anyway, finally sat down to read this one over the holidays, and I was glad she talked me into it. They broke the mould with Schulz, and this was a nice trip down memory lane.

This is an anniversary edition, which would be fine, but it isn't designed to be read to a child. This is for adults. Or you could do a play with older kids that can read and follow and understand what it means. My kids are 3 and 1. Complete waste of money for me.

I think the publishing company must be reusing the barcode for different rendentions of this book. I skimmed the reviews, some from over 10 years ago, and it sounds nothing like the book I purchased locally. I scanned our book in the store and this comes up and the description is accurate for the book we own. But there are differences in the previously written reviews.
That being said, I think this is a fantastic book. It has 3 pages of "re-useable" stickers, they remind me of non-gel window clings. Every time my 3 year old gets this out, he spends 30 minutes reading the story and finding the stickers for each page. Really, that is fantastic focus for my son. When he's done, I pull the stickers off the pages and put them back on the blank sticker pages for him to do next time. The book is a typical size child's board book. Not too much to the story, but enough to make sense. My son loves Charlie Brown, so I think this is great for his age (maybe up to 5 or 6) and allow him to practice coordination skills. I would purchase this publication again and purchase as a gift.

As the season of autumn moves us from the beautiful landscape of garden colors, we find ourselves walking through a path of yellows, golds, oranges, greens, and browns. What better activity to enjoy than the reading of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", or if possible, viewing the VHS or DVD.

I will look at the book, once again, as I have for so many years, some of which were in the classrooms of life, both in school and wherever else we may have been. I remember the many times I read this story to the children, trying to encourage them to hold on to hope, always. Just as in the story itself, there were skeptics who complained that this story was not valuable, these same "skeptics", that is doubters, walked through their lives just as the characters in the story.

Charlie is watching as Linus is writing a letter to the Great Pumpkin, in hopes of seeing him on Halloween night. This has gone on for several years; it's a ritual with Linus, like the ritual of waiting for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Many of the characters in the Peanuts Gang, laugh and make fun of Linus' devotion to waiting for the Great Pumpkin. The only character who just might think the Great Pumpkin will come is Sally, the little blond whispy haired girl who has a crush on Linus. She just glows when Linus speaks and she hopes that the Great Pumpkin will show himself. Even she is a reminder that we all need someone to believe in us.

As the story moves along, we all know, each of the characters has his or her hopes of getting bags of Halloween candy, cookies, and apples; some get rocks. Why? It's kind of a tradition to give rocks or stones to kids either because they need to behave better, or because someone wants to mess with them.

In the meantime, Sally is sitting with Linus, as the evening moves along and clouds darken, leaving only shadows to experience. All the other kids are checking out their goodie bags, their treat bags; some are grumbling, while others are sincerely glad to receive whatever is in their bags. Be sincere, it's in your best interest to "be happy with what you've got".

Snoopy has his own adventure, flying a World War I plane in a desert; Snoopy is a dreamer and has quite an imagination, as he finds himself imagining being back in the countryside of France, on his way to victory, he has all kinds of adventures.

As the story unfolds, that means, develops, Sally and Linus realize that the Great Pumpkin hasn't come; Linus adds his classic comment: "Wait until next year, I'll be waiting for the Great Pumpkin to come." You see, Linus "NEVER GIVES UP"; he has hope and he believes that his hope is strong enough to make it happen. So, you too, don't give up, keep hoping! This goes for grown-ups, too.

So, why would I review this book, after so many reviews, and after so many people know this story? I do so, because there are a lot believers out there, like You and Me, who need to be encouraged into believing that our positive thoughts will make the situation or wish come true, that hope is a necessary part of life. All you need to do is, .....believe!
Now, once again, I will put this old copy of the book back on the shelf, until the next time I need to read it.

I almost feel like a traitor saying anything less than praise for this book featuring the Peanuts Gang created originally by Charles M. Schulz. I, like millions of others, grew up with Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Violet, Snoopy, Pig Pen, Schroeder, and Sally. Every year at Halloween I looked forward to seeing the story of sincere Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. This book contains all the characters and it re-tells essentially the same story but it has been illustrated by Paige Braddock rather than Schulz and adapted by Justine and Ron Fontes and seems to have lost something in the process. The Peanuts gang always was kind of surly with each other, calling names like Blockhead, pulling footballs out from each other and laughing at one another's expense. In this story, of course, Linus is the brunt of the teasing because he has undying faith in the mythical Great Pumpkin. For years I loved watching the Charlie Brown cartoon specials, the catchy piano jazz theme and the short, big-headed kids with their flat feet and funny facial expressions. Who could help loving Snoopy as the Red Baron or little Woodstock? These cartoons have always had a decidedly adult sense of humor, sometimes rather dark humor even though children the world over have loved the cartoon kids themselves.
This book doesn't work, in my opinion, precisely because it is NOT the TV movie. As a picture book it is placed directly into the world of children's literature and as such, the innocence of the readership makes satire seem inappropriate and it comes off as bad-tempered, impatient and indifferent to the feelings of others. This is not something I want to convey to children and it is not something I like to see done to a classic. Most of the pictures show facial expressions on the kids that are either discouraged, sad, taunting or angry. There's even anguish on one little face. There are only a few smiles.
It is touted as the 35th Anniversary edition but it really doesn't celebrate much of an anniversary because it is an off-shoot of the real thing...sadly not too close to the real thing, in fact. I got this book because I had feelings of fond nostalgia for Linus and his vigil in the pumpkin patch but it made me question why I ever liked it in the first place, and that's sad.

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz
Published by Little Simon
Charlie Brown and his friends were going trick or treating and Linus and Sally were not going with her friends because she wanted to see the Great Pumpkin. Charlie Brown and Snoopy are similar to me because i like to go off and do things by my self like they seem to do. Lucy is always in her own snobby world
This book is not a page turner but it does skip back and fourth through the scenes. I always wanted to keep reading. Yes this book is funny and the best chartered is Snoopy because he was driving the Red Baron and he is winning the war. I also liked it when they were at the party and they were bobbing for apples. I really liked this book because it is Charlie Brown and he is the bomb.[cool] I really recommend this book because it is really funny and you should read it.

Even though this 35th Anniversary Edition is illustrated by someone else, it's essentially the same story book that appeared years ago. True, the story has been trimmed down some. But most of the elements are still there: Linus' desperate hoping, Charlie Brown's holey costume, Lucy putting her brother to bed. The illustrations look almost identical to the drawings of the beloved Schulz and if it weren't for the fact that Paige Braddock's name appears on the title page, one wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Besides, this is a great "Peanuts" story and one of the best Halloween stories around.

I bought this book for my niece without looking inside first. Had I actually read this version first, I would NOT have purchased it. It's just that bad. I happened to have the original 1968 paperback of this book which I have read and re-read since I was a child, and this 2008 version just can't compare.
Basically, this is an abridged version of Charles M. Schultz's classic Halloween tale. Megan E. Bryant, who is credited with adapting the text, did a great disservice to this story. Among the atrocities, she obliterated the beginning, left out most of Snoopy's adventure as the WWI Flying Ace, she edited down the story between Linus and Sally and waiting for the Great Pumpkin (not to mention leaving out Linus' search for the Most Sincere Pumpkin Patch) and cut Linus's usual philosophical musings at the end. She makes Charlie Brown seem more like a chump than Schultz ever would have. The illustrations stay true to Schult's form, but some scenes have been spliced with others so that, again, it's an abridged version of the original.

My wife talked me into this one. Love "Peanuts" and certainly "The Great Pumpkin", just not into reading books about them. Well, I take that back, I enjoyed "Good Grief", the biography on Charles Schulz, as well as a treasury of his works. Anyway, finally sat down to read this one over the holidays, and I was glad she talked me into it. They broke the mould with Schulz, and this was a nice trip down memory lane.

This book arrived in good condition and within the estimated delivery window. However, I was expecting a full-sized children's book, and was mildly disappointed to discover that this book is about 2 square inches in size and therefore difficult to read to a child (which was my intention in purchasing it). Bummer.

This book is very small, but hardcover. My kids enjoyed the story anyway and got them to read it without a fight because it was so little. Still had 30 pages though, I believe. Anyway, cute little book - just get it when it's on sale for $1 like I did.

If you own the Christmas edition one then the Great Pumpkin one is in the same format. It has interesting facts, two piano score pages,and the colored story of it. It is worth your money and is good for any Peanuts fans collection.