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List of Calvin and Hobbes books

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Source revisionApr 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ429987 ↗
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Bill Watterson wrote a total of nineteen official Calvin and Hobbes books that have been published in the United States by Andrews McMeel Publishing; the first, eponymously titled Calvin and Hobbes, was released April 1987, and the most recent, Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue, was released February 2015.

A twentieth official title, the textbook Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes, was published under license in 1993 by Playground Publishing in Fargo, North Dakota.

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