At its peak, Peanuts was syndicated in over 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries and was translated into 21 languages. it's estimated that over 355 million people, worldwide, read the strip. Reprints of the strip are still in syndication around the world and even to this day appear in almost every U.S. newspaper. Written and drawn by Charles M. Schulz, widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time. In 2013, Peanuts was voted 4th Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.

This book is a facsimile edition of the eighth Peanuts collection originally published back in 1959 by the Clarke, Irwin & Company, Ltd of Toronto, Canada. This collection of both Sunday and daily newspaper strips covers the period 1955-1959 features both popular old strips and brand new ones too and features many of your favourite characters, including Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Violet, Patty, Shermy, Lucy, Schroeder, Pig-Pen and Linus.