Come Back, Snoopy (Golden Look-Look)

By Charles M. Schulz

Book Overview

All the Peanuts characters appear in this saga of a sick little girl who wants Snoopy to leave Charlie Brown and go to live with her. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307617394
• ISBN13: 9780307617392
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Goldencraft
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Sadness

"Snoopy, Come Home" is very sad. Snoopy is my favorite Pal and now he's gone (Boo Woo). Snoopy, please come home I miss you!!!

Good story, but sadder than most Peanuts tales

This book has a lot of sadness in it. Charlie Brown is not Snoopy's first owner and the girl that is the previous owner is sick and in the hospital. She writes a letter to Snoopy, asking him to come and visit. He does, and they have a good time. When it comes time for Snoopy to leave, the girl says she wants him to live with her when she gets out of the hospital. Snoopy then goes back to Charlie Brown in order to say his good-byes. There are many tears and everyone is very sad. The kids throw Snoopy and Woodstock a going away party with a large number of gifts, all bones. Snoopy goes back to the girl, only to find out that he can't live in her building because dogs are not allowed. He then goes back to Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang is overjoyed. There is a lot of emotion in this story, Snoopy is torn between trying to make two people happy and his decision must make someone very sad. At the end, he is back on his doghouse, his stomach is full and his conscience is clear. It is still a good story, but it is not funny or uplifting like the other Peanut stories.

A wonderful but very sad Peanuts movie book

The Snoopy Come Home movie is probably the most beautiful and is certainly the most touching Peanuts movie of them all, and this book version of the story is absolutely wonderful. As a child, though, I was not completely enamored of this book for the simple fact that there is so much sadness in these pages. For those trying to remember if they know the story or not, just think of the words "No dogs allowed" sung in a low and depressing voice over and over again; if you've ever seen the movie, that should definitely refresh your memory.The story starts with a little girl named Lila; the poor little dear has been in the hospital for three weeks and is terribly lonely. She writes a letter to her old friend, hoping he will come visit her. That friend is Snoopy. When Snoopy reads the letter, he knows he has to go see Lila. Charlie Brown is crushed and confused when Snoopy leaves, and the feeling is made all the worse by the fact that he had just been lecturing Snoopy about doing his own thing and not appreciating what Charlie Brown did for him. Snoopy has a time getting to the hospital, as dogs don't seem to be allowed much of anywhere. His visit makes Lila happy for the first time in several weeks, but eventually Snoopy must make a decision: Lila wants him to stay with her, Charlie Brown is going crazy with worry, and Snoopy himself is torn as he struggles to make the right decision. Naturally, everything ends happily, but this really is a very sad story in a number of ways. There is much a child can learn from this book, and most children should enjoy all of the wonderful full-color pictures, but this is much more serious fare than your average Peanuts book.