sentences:  The idea of a complete compendium of all published "Peanuts" strips was long resisted by Schulz; he did not want some early strips reprinted, as he felt they were not as good as the ones he drew later in his career.Approximately 2,000 of the 17,897 strips had never appeared in a previous U.S. collection.The first book in the series was published in April 2004 and topped the "New York Times Best Seller List".