The kids (and canines) of Peanuts know a thing or two about how tough life can be. But with a philosophical approach to the trials and tribulations of growing up - from not being able to talk to the girl you like, to having an idiot brother who won't take your flawless advice - they're never short of the small comforts, and the great wisdom, that can help us get by.

"[Charles M. Schultz is] possibly the greatest cartoonist who ever lived" - * Guardian *

"Forget Wittgenstein and Sartre, the great 20th century philosopher was Snoopy" - * Daily Mail *

"What a brilliant, truly modern and totally weird idea it was to create a comic strip about a chronically depressed child . . ." - * Time *