Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950, and ran without interruption for the next fifty years. Charles M. Schulz died in 2000. *IT'S A DOG'S LIFE SNOOPY It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun. *IT'S A BIG WORLD CHARLIE BROWN Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and the rest of the gang in It's a Big World, Charlie Brown. *PEANUTS 2000 The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000, which includes all the last year's Peanuts comic strip and Charles M. Schulz's famous farewell strip. Come and visit our website at www.ballantinebooks.com or come to Ballantine Bookshop, you'll have a big surprise. QUESTIONS:

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1. What comic artist does the excerpt discuss?
2. Who made children's comics?
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1. Where was Charles Schulz born?
2. What was the birthplace of Charles Schulz?
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1. When was Charles Schulz born?
2. What was the year of Charles Schulz' birth?
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1. What did Charles Schulz' dad do?
2. How was Charles Schulz' father employed?
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1. Did Charles Schulz' father like his son's art?
2. Did Charles Schulz' dad support him making art?
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1. Who did Charles Schulz sell his art to?
2. Who purchased the cartoons that Charles Schulz made?
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1. How many cartoons did Charles Schulz sell to the Saturday Evening Post?
2. What was the number of cartoons purchased from Charles Schulz by the Saturday Evening Post?
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1. When did Charles Schulz sell his cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post?
2. Over the course of what years did the Saturday Evening Post purchase cartoons from Charles Schulz?
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1. Did anyone besides the Saturday Evening Post buy Charles Schulz' cartoons?
2. Were there other buyers of Charles Schulz' art besides the Saturday Evening Post?
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1. What did the St. Paul Pioneer Press purchase from Charles Schulz?
2. What did Charles Schulz sell to the St. Paul Pioneer Press?
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Q11:
1. When did Peanuts debut?
2. When did Charles Schulz come out with his main comic?
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