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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic
Lee Mendelson with reminiscences by Bill Melendez
Dey Street Books
Hardcover

From the publisher's website:

Now available in a hardcover edition, the lushly illustrated It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Tradition, stars Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts gang, and features hundreds of full-color images as well as enlightening anecdotes that take you behind-the-scenes of how the charming Halloween special was created.

Trick-or-treating has never been more fun—with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Sally, Schroeder, Linus, and, of course, the Great Pumpkin. Since its first airing more than forty years ago, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has become a beloved perennial classic synonymous with Halloween.

Illustrated with more than 250 full-color images, this beautiful edition celebrates the timeless television classic with:

The full script illustrated with screen art from the show

Photographs, storyboard excerpts, and production materials

Reminiscences and insider tidbits from executive producer Lee Mendelson and animator, the late Bill Melendez

Interviews with the original child actors who were the voices of the Peanuts gang

And much more!