Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers

Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers

The front cover of the first volume.
Author	Charles M. Schulz
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
Dewey Decimal	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

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)

Encyclopedic facts about animals.

Volume Two: About the Earth and Space – from Plants to Planets! (Sept 1977)

Encyclopedic facts about the Earth and the Solar System.

Volume Three: About Planes, Cars and Trains and Other Things That Move! (Nov 1978)

Encyclopedic facts about motion and mechanics.

Volume Four: About All Kinds of People and How They Live! (Nov 1979)

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)

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

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

1. "Book Briefs". The Desert Sun . 2 August 1978. p. A7. Retrieved 1 July 2025– via Newspapers.com.
2. 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.