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For as long as I can remember, I have been reading Calvin and Hobbes. I own all the books, have them almost completely memorized, and have even bought them to give as presents to my friends. Even to this day, at the age of 27, I still routinely pull my old tattered books down from my bookcase and read them for long stretches. "Yukon Ho" was one of the first books I bought as a kid, and I read it so much that eventually it wore out and I had to purchase another copy on eBay. "The Essential," "The Indispensable," and "The Authoritative" will all need to be replaced soon as well. Calvin and Hobbes is about a boy, his stuffed tiger, and the possibilities of imagination. Calvin imagines he and Hobbes going back in time to visit dinosaurs, with a cardboard box as their time machine. He imagines that he is a planetary explorer named Spaceman Spiff, a hero who travels the reaches of space exploring and fighting aliens. Calvin imagines monsters under his bed and leaf piles that plot to swallow him up. Of course, Calvin's ultimate stretch of imagination is in believing that his stuffed tiger Hobbes is animate and full of energy. This fact is made clear when Calvin comes home from school and finds himself attacked at the front door by Hobbes, who's ecstatic to finally have his friend back home. Calvin's nemesis, classmate and neighbor Susie Derkins, loses her appetite nearly every day at lunch when Calvin admits to having such things as slugs in his lunchsack. There are too many things to mention about Calvin and Hobbes and I could go on and on, but I won't. You should just buy some of the books and find out for yourself. I can't imagine what my childhood would've been like without them. If you have kids, I would highly recommend getting Calvin and Hobbes for them. Chances are they'll grow to love the strip as I have and pass it on to their friends. I hope so.Read full review
book in good shape, happy with it
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used,but in excellent condition
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Our granddaughter loves Calvin and Hobbes! We are delighted to help another generation love the inseparable twosome!
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Wanted this book for a long time. so funny.
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