Schulz Biography Research Center
For Adults || For Young Adults & Children

Selected Bibliography of Books about
Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts


For Adults

Bang, Derrick, and Victor Lee. 50 Years
of Happiness: A Tribute to Charles M.
Schulz
. Santa Rosa, CA: Charles M.
Schulz Museum & Research Center, 2002.
(50th anniversary of Peanuts)

Bang, Derrick. Charles M. Schulz: Li'l Beginnings. Santa Rosa, CA: Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center, 2004.

Inge, M. Thomas, ed. Charles M. Schulz: Conversations. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000.

Johnson, Rheta Grimsley. Good Grief! The Story of Charles M. Schulz. New York: Pharos Books, 1989.

Kidd, Chip, ed. and designed. Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz. New York: Pantheon Books, 2001.

Liverett, David, ed, with illunstrations by Charles Schulz. They Called Him Sparky: Friends' Reminiscences of Charles Schulz. Anderson, IN: Chinaberry House, 2006.

Mendelson, Lee, with reminiscences by Bill Melendez. A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2000.

Mendelson, Lee. Charlie Brown & Charlie Schulz. In association with Charles M. Schulz. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970.
(20th anniversary of Peanuts)

Mendelson, Lee. Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown. In association with Charles
M. Schulz. New York: Random House, 1979.
(30th anniversary of Peanuts & 15th anniversary of television shows)

Mendelson, Lee, with reminiscences by Bill Melendez. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic. New York: Harper, 2006.

Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.

Schulz, Charles M. Around the World in 45 Years: Charlie Brown's Anniversary Celebration. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1994.
(45th anniversary of Peanuts)

Schulz, Charles M. Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me: And All the Other Peanuts Characters. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1980.

Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts: A Golden Celebration: The Art and the Story of the
World's Best-Loved Comic Strip
.
New York: Harper Collins, 1999.
(50th anniversary of Peanuts)

Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, ed. Chip Kidd. With an introduction by Jean Schulz. New York: Pantheon Books, 2001.

Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts Jubilee: My Life and Art with Charlie Brown and Others. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1975.
(25th anniversary of Peanuts)

Schulz, Charles M. You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown! New York: Holt, Rinehart
& Winston, 1985.
(35th anniversary of Peanuts)

Trimboli, Giovanni. Charles M. Schulz: 40 Years Life and Art. New York: Pharos Books, 1990.
(40th anniversary of Peanuts)

Books marked with Woodstock are currently out of print, but they can be found in libraries and used book stores.
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For Young Adults and Children

Carlson, Cheryl. Charles M. Schulz
(First Biographies)
. Mankato, MN: Pebble/ Capstone Press, 2005.
(suitable for ages 4-8)

Klingel, Cynthia, and Robert B. Noyed. Charles Schulz (Wonder Books, Level 2 Reader). Chanhassen, MN: The Child's World, 2002.
(very basic information)

Schuman, Michael. Charles M. Schulz: Cartoonist and Creator of Peanuts (People to Know). Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002.
(suitable for ages 10-15)

Whiting, Jim. Charles Schulz (Real-Life Reader Biography). Bear, DE:
Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc., 2003.
(suitable for ages 8-11)

Woods, Mae. Charles Schulz (Children's Authors). Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing Co., 2000.
(basic information)

Books marked with Woodstock are currently out of print, but they can be found in libraries and used book stores.
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