| | |  | Charlie Brown | Home » » » It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Sound Book and Doorbell | | | | | | | Description: | | The It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Sound Book and Doorbell features a toy doorbell and five sound buttons that children press to activate. Illustrated icons on the book's pages match the five buttons on the audio panel attached to the book. As children follow the Halloween story about Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy, Linus, and the rest of the beloved Peanuts comic strip, they ring the doorbell to "trick-or-treat" and press the buttons to add sound effects. The book is recommended for children ages 3 and older.
The doorbell plays three chimes in random order. The five buttons activate these sounds: - Charlie Brown saying "Good grief"
- Snoopy laughing
- Spooky Halloween party music
- Romantic musical flourish
- Charlie Brown saying "I got a rock"
The book's thick, coated pages help prevent rips and tears. Three replaceable long-life AG-13 button cell batteries that power the sound panel are included. The It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Sound Book and Doorbell conforms to the specifications for toy safety of ASTM F963-08. | | | Features: | |
• Toy doorbell and 5-button sound panel attached to book
• Children press doorbell and buttons to add voices and sound effects to story about Peanuts characters on Halloween trick-or-treat adventure
• Hear voices of Charlie Brown and Snoopy
• Recommended for children ages 3 years and older
• Powered by three replaceable long-life AG-13 button cell batteries (included)
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Editors of Publications International LTD | | Hardcover:
| 12 pages | | Publisher:
| Publications International | | Publication Date:
| August 01, 2011 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1450822126 | | Product Length:
| 7.88 inches | | Product Width:
| 0.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 8.88 inches | | Package Length:
| 8.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 23 reviews |
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19 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 Re-Drawn Book Adapted From the TV SpecialAug 25, 2002
By Terrie
I almost feel like a traitor saying anything less than praise for this book featuring the Peanuts Gang created originally by Charles M. Schulz. I, like millions of others, grew up with Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Violet, Snoopy, Pig Pen, Schroeder, and Sally. Every year at Halloween I looked forward to seeing the story of sincere Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. This book contains all the characters and it re-tells essentially the same story but it has been illustrated by Paige Braddock rather than Schulz and adapted by Justine and Ron Fontes and seems to have lost something in the process. The Peanuts gang always was kind of surly with each other, calling names like Blockhead, pulling footballs out from each other and laughing at one another's expense. In this story, of course, Linus is the brunt of the teasing because he has undying faith in the mythical Great Pumpkin. For years I loved watching the Charlie Brown cartoon specials, the catchy piano jazz theme and the short, big-headed kids with their flat feet and funny facial expressions. Who could help loving Snoopy as the Red Baron or little Woodstock? These cartoons have always had a decidedly adult sense of humor, sometimes rather dark humor even though children the world over have loved the cartoon kids themselves.
This book doesn't work, in my opinion, precisely because it is NOT the TV movie. As a picture book it is placed directly into the world of children's literature and as such, the innocence of the readership makes satire seem inappropriate and it comes off as bad-tempered, impatient and indifferent to the feelings of others. This is not something I want to convey to children and it is not something I like to see done to a classic. Most of the pictures show facial expressions on the kids that are either discouraged, sad, taunting or angry. There's even anguish on one little face. There are only a few smiles.
It is touted as the 35th Anniversary edition but it really doesn't celebrate much of an anniversary because it is an off-shoot of the real thing...sadly not too close to the real thing, in fact. I got this book because I had feelings of fond nostalgia for Linus and his vigil in the pumpkin patch but it made me question why I ever liked it in the first place, and that's sad.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 As good as the Christmas oneSep 30, 2006
By Dana P. Barrick
"Anna"
If you own the Christmas edition one then the Great Pumpkin one is in the same format. It has interesting facts, two piano score pages,and the colored story of it. It is worth your money and is good for any Peanuts fans collection.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Re-illustrared for your displeasure...Dec 16, 2001
By bill b.
Um, don't really know who Paige Braddock is, or what she's doing here. When I was young there was a book adaptation which featured artwork from the tv special itself, including Snoopy's wild dogfight with the Red Baron. Tough to support a "newly re-drawn" version, especially one that's done after the creator's passing.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Nice book w/stickers for a toddlerApr 23, 2011
By Daren
The book is one of series of Running Press Kids books that sells at $4.95 on Amazon. The two I bought contain about 22-24 colored pages and include about 30 stickers apiece. It's a short story of the TV series targeted toward the toddler. It's a nice little story (with stickers) for the price...for a toddler.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great Companion to the "Great Pumpkin"Oct 27, 2009
By Andrew Shaffer
"Author, Blogger"
"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic" takes you behind the scenes of the Halloween classic. While Charles Schulz is sadly missed, executive producer Lee Mendelson and animator Bill Melendez serve up many interesting tidbits. It's surprising to hear how tentative the TV execs were, even after the monster hit that the Peanuts gang delivered with their Christmas special. At the time, Halloween was not the powerhouse holiday that it is today in the US.
This book contains the full script, along with never-before-seen photographs, storyboard excerpts, production materials, and interviews with the original child actors (who changed every few years as their voices changed). While the focus is on "Great Pumpkin," the book spans the years. (There's no interview with the Black-Eyed Peas' Fergie, though, who played Sally in one of the later TV specials.) If you enjoy this one, definitely check out the companion A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition.
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