Book reports are not exactly a highlight of one's school year, a fact of life that is found in Peanuts as well. While Sally may be the character who is shown the most frequently giving reports, a majority of the Peanuts characters have been shown giving reports at some point. These are no ordinary, boring reports though, as they all match with the characters' personalities.

For instance, Sally's reports have her childlike way of thinking, Peppermint Patty's reports are way off the mark, and Lucy's are just as opinionated and brash as she is. Consequently, the book report comic strips always offer a healthy dose of humor that will elicit a laugh even from those Peanuts fans who absolutely loathed giving book reports as a child.

10 "Oceans of the World"

March 2nd, 1971

Given the assignment of writing a report on the oceans of the world, Sally describes at length, to an absurd degree, all the places where there aren't any oceans. Stopped from continuing her lengthy list by her teacher, a confused Sally reasons that she thought that the teacher wanted her students to go into detail. Apparently, detail means all the details about the oceans that are not even relevant in a report.

The storyline about Sally's report on the oceans was adapted into the TV special A Charlie Brown Celebration.

However, it would not be a Sally report if it was without errors. Unsurprisingly, Sally does not get a good grade on her "oceans of the world" report. In fact, she gets an F. Considering that all she wrote about for her report is where oceans don't appear in the world, one can't fault the teacher for that failing grade that Sally received.

9 "Washington, D.C."

September 14th, 1976

Doing her history report on Washington D.C., Peppermint Patty explains quite confidently that the D.C. stands for doctor. Apparently, in Peppermint Patty's version of history, Washington is named after a certain Doctor Washington, who happened to be an ophthalmologist who had a best friend named Bunker Hill. Since this Dr. Washington saved Bunker Hill's vision, everyone then voted for the good doctor to become their coach.

Not one thing Peppermitn Patty says is correct: a perfect example of why she is a straight-F student. Everything in her report being wrong is pretty bad on its own, but the way she is so sure that everything she is saying is perfect is going to make the blow of a bad grade all the more harsh for Peppermint Patty. For those who may not know, like Peppermint Patty, D.C. actually stands for the District of Columbia.

8 "The Nile River"

October 14th, 1999

Sally receives the assistance of her frequent homework helper and tutor, her big brother, Charlie Brown. Despite getting help for her report, Sally still brings her eccentric tilt to her essay, which puts her grade at risk, as per usual. Pointing out that her grandma has never seen the Nile River, so how can one ensure that it is real, Sally continues to talk about her grandma rather than the actual subject of her report, the Nile River.

Her teacher remarks on the seemingly irrelevant sharing about her grandma, but Sally assures her teacher that the information is relevant because it will all tie together in the end. It is not clear how it will all come together, and it apparently does not, because Sally ends up getting some harsh from her teacher, who did not like the report. In fact, she tells Sally that the report was dumb.

7 "Kilroy Was Here"

November 10th, 1976

For a Veterans Day Peanuts storyline, when the class is learning about World War II, Lucy has a bone to pick with her teacher, because they have only been talking about men in history. Lucy had a grandma who was a riveter, meaning that she worked in a factory or shipyard during World War II, helping the war effort. Lucy thinks that her grandma deserves mentioning as being a part of history.

Lucy shares some interesting facts about her grandma, like how she wrote letters to seventeen servicemen. Likewise, Lucy shared how her grandmother loved to dance and would go to a place to dance with her friends. Her grandmother even carved into the back of one of the booths where she danced, although it was not the most creative thing she could've have written, going for the simple yet effective, "Kilroy was here."

6 "Details After Lunch"

November 27th, 1994

Giving her report on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island, Peppermint Patty wants to keep her class in suspense, so she says that the details of her book report will be delivered after lunch. When lunch is over, Peppermint Patty resumes her book report, only to then remark that details will be given at eleven at night, which is not what the teacher wants to hear.

Peppermint Patty may have figured out a way of avoiding having to actually read the book.

Acting as if her book report is a news bulletin, Peppermint Patty milks her report presentation and manages to skirt around having to say anything about the book itself. No plot points or character analysis is given, but she does manage to build antipcipation, showing how Peppermint Patty may have figured out a way of avoiding having to actually read the book. Well, probably not - because this beloved Peanuts character likely got yet another bad grade on this so-called book report.

5 "That's My Term Paper!"

March 13th, 1981

When Snoopy, as the Flying Ace, is on a mission to retrieve secret papers, Sally and her report are in big trouble. Sally has spent the morning finishing up her report and needs to turn it in before it is too late. Snoopy decides, as Sally is on her way to school, that she is the Red Baron's secretary who has the secret papers he is after.

This strip's storyline was adapted into the book Aaugh! A Dog Ate My Book Report.

Snatching the report out of her hand, Sally is understandably upset and cries after him, but Snoopy is too deep into his Flying Ace persona, ignoring her to keep running. When Sally eventually corners Snoopy, the beagle does the unthinkable and swallows Sally's report. He makes her so mad, and no one could blame her; her dog literally ate her homework.

4 "Just a Coincidence"

November 6th, 1996

Peppermint Patty is in class, soaked from her head down to her toes from walking to school in the rain. On the upside, she does have her report done and is ready to read it for the class. Ironically, her report is on the rain forests of Brazil. Peppermint Patty may seem like a method actor of epic proportions, but she explains to her teacher that it is merely a coincidence.

While it may not have been intentional, her appearance at school definitely does add to her presentation, really selling the rain part of the rainforest. While Peppermint Patty's reports do not usually - or ever - go well, at least she adds a whimsical flair to her presentation this time, even if it was completely accidental. Fortunately for her, her report was on rainforests and not deserts, which would have been a harder sell after walking in the rain.

3 "The Importance of Reading"

April 12th, 1977

Sally is tasked with delivering a report on the very important topic of "the importance of reading." She brings up a very nice perk of knowing how to read: being able to read signs and directions helps readers not to bump into things, which is always helpful. Who wants to be bumping into things all day? Not Sally (or anyone else), showing the usually flighty Sally's more practical way of thinking for a change.

Sally brings up more positive aspects of reading, like being able to read War and Peace, therefore avoiding Leo Tolstoy getting mad at non-readers. Another benefit of reading is being able to read letters from one's grandma, which they apparently don't write just for their health, as Sally points out to her classmates. Sally's reports tend to be a little misinformed, but this Peanuts strip shows that she can get her reports right sometimes - in her own Sally way.

2 "In My Report..."

April 29th, 1978

Sally gives a report on animals, and she enlists Snoopy's help and expertise on this, since he is - well, an animal. Snoopy is a little confused at first, because he does not think he knows any animals, but he warms up to participating in the report eventually and answers Sally's questions about animals for her report.

Sally decides to take her project to the next level by having her animal friend in the class with her to be part of her presentation, but it does not go super well. First, her classmates have no idea what animal Snoopy is, with some thinking he was a chicken before deciding that Snoopy is probably a moose because he has got a big nose. Snoopy ends up punching a kid who has been heckling him, but Sally still gets an A.

1 "Five Little Hogs"

November 21st, 1994

Everyone knows the Three Little Pigs, but few know the Five Little Hogs - because it is not a real story. There is the fable many know by the age of five about the three little swine, and there is actually an Agatha Christie book called the Five Little Pigs, but no book exists called Five Little Hogs - or Nine Little Hogs, as Peppermint Patty struggles to how many hogs are in the title.

As a result, Peppermint Patty does not start off her book report on the best foot. She struggles to how many pigs or hogs are in the title but reveals that her lack of knowledge about so much as the title is what happens when the book report is written in the few seconds it takes to walk from the desk to the front of the room in this charming Peanuts strip.