Messy Like Pigpen

by Charles M. Schulz

Overview

Think you’re messy? Meet Pigpen, the messiest kid in the Peanuts gang, in this inspiring new story!

Are you or someone you know messy like Pigpen? Are you surrounded by your own personal cloud of dirt? Don’t worry, dust magnets…you’re not alone! In this charming new board book, like-minded kids and adults will rejoice in having a friend like Pigpen who makes anyone look pristine by comparison!

But sometimes being dirty isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. One day, Pigpen decides to do something he usually avoids like the plague: take a shower! Will the fabulously filthy Pigpen we know and love be gone forever? Luckily for Peanuts fans, Pigpen never stays clean for long…

© 2016 Peanuts Worldwide LLC

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481463768
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	02/13/2024
Series:	Peanuts
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	11 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Charles M. Schulz is a legend. He was the hand and heart behind fifty years of Peanuts, which featured one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable casts of cartoon characters, until his death in 2000.
From his earliest memories, Charles M. Schulz knew that all he wanted to do was “draw funny pictures.” Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1922, and his love for cartoons was fostered by his father in a shared appreciation for the Sunday funnies. As a senior in high school, at the prompting of his mother, he completed a correspondence cartoon course with the Federal School of Applied Cartooning. Schulz continued his studies in art as the genre of the cartoon began to change—adopting simplistic, minimalistic styles that, conveniently, allowed Schulz to showcase his dry, self-effacing humor.

In 1943 Schulz enlisted in the army to help the American efforts in World War II, ultimately returning home in the fall of 1945. In a push to make his dream of being a cartoonist a reality, he taught at his alma mater and sold cartoon strips to papers intermittently. Finally, in October 1950, the first Peanuts strip premiered in seven national newspapers. His seemingly simple creation—illustrations of large-headed kids using vocabulary and facing situations far beyond their years—became a well-known, well-loved comic strip and grew to have an enormous global impact.

Schulz himself has won awards from his cartoonist peers, has been recognized and lauded by U.S. and foreign governments, and has received Emmys for his animated specials. In 2015 the beloved holiday TV special—A Charlie Brown Christmas—will reach its fifty-year milestone. Though the last original Peanuts comic appeared in papers on February 13, 2000, the day after Schulz passed away in his sleep, his work continues to be read in more than two thousand newspapers around the world.