Charlie Brown has a question.
Actually, he has several.
As the holidays approach, everyone seems excited about costumes, parties, bags full of candy, delicious food, presents, and Santa.
Charlie Brown looks around at all the excitement and sighs.
“Good grief. Is that what the holidays are really all about? There has to be more to the holidays than candy, food, and presents.”
On Halloween night, while the gang waits in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin, Snoopy discovers a mysterious old book hidden among the vines.
The cover has no title. Most of its pages are completely blank. But written across the first page are the words:
“Every story begins with a reader.”
Charlie Brown opens the book and begins to read.
Suddenly, hoofbeats thunder through the darkness. A shadow races past the pumpkin patch.
And before anyone can decide whether they really saw what they think they saw, the Headless Horseman disappears into the night.
Somehow, the story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has begun coming to life.
The gang soon discovers that the mysterious book reveals more of its story only when people read. Every book opened, every chapter finished, and every minute spent reading helps words appear on its blank pages.
As the holidays continue, more stories begin to come to life.
By reading stories of their own, readers will help Charlie Brown and his friends complete the mysterious book and discover that there may be more to the holidays than candy, food, and presents.
But the mysterious book is still unfinished.
Charlie Brown and his friends cannot reach the end of the story without the help of readers.