Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for January 13, 2020

well, that lulled Schroeder right to sleep

Interestingly, Schroeder can read music already, but not words.

Nap time

Is CB thorough or what?! When he reads a book, he really READS the book!

I’ve always been one to examine all the minutiae in any book I’m reading. But only once did the little technical “Note on the Typeface” actually alter my perception of the book.

Joe Hill’s clever and engaging horror novel called “NOS4A2” seems to end with a few unanswered questions. This isn’t that unusual, especially if the author has any idea that a sequel will come at some point.

But this one seemed needlessly vague on a couple of story beats.

And when I read the “typeface note,” lo!, the story continued there! Admittedly, very briefly, but in a way that enhanced/extended the novel itself.

Later I asked several people I knew had read the book… and none of them had read what they expected to be a mere technical bit. But they did after I told tyem they’d stopped too soon.

Sort of like when Bugs Bunny read a complete eye chart, including Reg. U. S. Pat Off at the very bottom.

“And finally I must thank our son Schroeder’s good friend Charlie Brown, who read to him and lulled him to sleep which gave me the time to complete this book.”

Nobody ever reads to me anymore. Except Garrison Keillor.

One of the grandchildren’s teachers taught them to look at all the fine print before the book’s beginning. As a librarian, I love to look at the copyright history and other details like that. When I read to the grandchildren, I’m usually given a set amount of time before they’re whisked off to bed so all I want to do is skip to page one.

Charlie Brown reads books in the same way that Bugs Bunny reads eye charts.

Yeah, I’m with Schroeder. That’s the boring stuff. Important if you’re doing a bibliography, but not if you’re reading or being read to.

A good bedtime story.

I read my books in the same way.

Huh…what? Sorry, I dozed off reading this one today…

I used to do that with my little sister often to bore her to sleep.