128 pages of goodness. I will probably devour it tonight.
She got it through a scholastic book club.
Probably my favorite comic.
Bloom County is the other choice.
I think I will try to get my daughter reading this when I am done.
She is 8 now, I think she’ll enjoy it.
Jim
I think you should forbid her from reading it. It might give her Ideas.
Then hide it in a place where she can find it.
Buy some colored pencils and the two of you can have fun coloring the b&w strips. You may need an extra red and orange though!
(My daughter and I did that - it is easy, fun, and actually looks great.)
I’ve been enjoying Calvin and Hobbes since I was 7. It’s one of those things that can be enjoyed on many levels and there’s only a few of the cartoons that I remember not getting until I was older.
It’s the one reason I still have stuffed animals around even though I’m a manly man :).
She’ll love it. My son (now 19) was about 8 or so when he started reading C&H. It was when Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat came out. He read that, then went back and read all the previous collections. Then he moved on to all my other comic strip collections, including Pogo… He still loves comics.
I bought them all for my dad. He turned around and bought them for me, too. My daughter is six, and she already loves them.
Don’t think there was a point in there. Have fun reading tonight!
My son and I share a love for them. It’s about time to share them with #2 son, as well…
oh, man, I LOVED Calvin & Hobbes as a kid. still do.
I think it’s a great idea to get her into it now. that’s about the time I started reading it, maybe a little before, and I think I actually got smarter reading that strip-- about every other word Calvin or Hobbes said I’d have to ask my dad what it meant, which must have at least somewhat contributed to the richness of my vocabulary.
My all time favorite (might actually hunt it down and get a print…) is the Sunday where Calvin and Hobbes are sledding, but Hobbes steps off just as Calvin goes down the hill by himself. There are only words in the last frame. Every frame between is just watching Hobbes’s reactions. The man is an absolute genius.
I got the COMPLETE calvin and hobbes. its list is 200 dollars, in three volumes.
Sams club had it for 90.
Every single C&H Strip, in hardbound books.
Even one that was not an offical strip.
Anyway. I love having the Complete Series of C&H on DVD… I mean Book. 
She’s a good daughter. Remember her in your will. 
StG
My niece and nephew are 11 and 7. They love C & H. Nephew quotes whole panels and then just cracks up. He got the complete C&H for his birthday.
GT
Oh man, I’ve been wanting that ever since I saw it in the local Borders. Do you know if it’s still that price at Sam’s?
Someday (soon) I’ll have to pick that up.
I was surprised this is only my 4th C&H book. I have a dozen Bloom County’s.
I read half of it last night. I wanted it to last 2 days at least.
(That and I stopped to watch the Daily Show and go to sleep)
The coloring idea sounds like it might be fun.
The Book has a lot of Santa musings up front. I am split on her getting more clues about Santa but she’ll be 9 next Christmas, if she doesn’t know the truth she probably should. If she asks I tell her I guess.
Jim
I think the list is $150. I bought it 20% off just before Christmas when Media Play went belly up. I paid $120. Last I looked Amazon is sold out, the next printing is this spring.
It’s got a great introduction by Wasserman (sp?) about how the strip evolved from his failed brief career as an editorial cartoonist.
You and silentgoldfish make me feel old! They didn’t have Calvin & Hobbes when I was a kid. 
I had to make do with books of Peanuts.
I read it as a Teen and Tween, but Peanuts was the best when I was little.
Over the years my favorites were:
Peanuts
Doonsbury
C&H and Bloom County (then both ended) sniff sniff
Far Side & Dilbert (one ended, other not as funny as it was)
Current: Fox Trot & User Friendly though I still read Dilbert.
Jim
My 5yo loves to read “Calvin and Hobbes” and “Baby Blues.” She’s working on “FoxTrot” but doesn’t get the jokes.