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{{book box | pic=Its A Magical World.png | first=March 20, 1995 | last=December 31, 1995 | sabb=None}}'''''It's A Magical World''''' (ISBN 0836221362) is the fourteenth Calvin and Hobbes book, as well as the eleventh [[Books|printed collection]].
'''It's A Magical World''' is a [[Books|book]] released in 1996 by [[Andrews & McMeel|Andrews & McMeel]]. It includes comics from [[March 20]], [[1995]] to the last strip on [[December 31]], [[1995]]. Some strips from April are in There's Treasure Everywhere<ref>[[Books|Calvin and Hobbes Wiki: Books]]</ref>.
 
   
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== Description ==
The book was first published in the UK by Warner Books in 1997.<br />It was reprinted in 1998, 2000 and 2001.
 
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It was released in October 1996 by [[Andrews & McMeel]] and collects the collects the strips published March 20 to April 2, and April 9 to December 31, 1995. The daily strips in this collection are printed slightly larger than in [[The Complete Calvin and Hobbes]] hardcover collection.
   
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The back cover art (Calvin and Hobbes hugging) is different than that on the back cover of book 3 of [[The Complete Calvin and Hobbes]] hardcover collection.  The other non-strip art in this collection is included in [[The Complete Calvin and Hobbes]] hardcover.
After that, it was republished by Time Warner Paperbacks in 2002, and reprinted in 2004.
 
   
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The book has the last meeting of [[G.R.O.S.S.]], as well as the last strip of '''Calvin and Hobbes'''. The book is named after [[Calvin]]'s final line in [[Calvin and Hobbes]]: ''"It's a magical world, [[Hobbes]], ol' buddy...let's go exploring!''"
Three years later, in 2007, it was reprinted by Sphere.
 
   
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The book '''was''' available on the Kindle Fire kids account for free, but has since switched to a paid fee on the adult account, along with ''[[There's Treasure Everywhere]]''.
   
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[[File:FinalStrip.gif|thumb|left|400x400px|The final ''Calvin and Hobbes'' strip, which the "It's a Magical World" book is titled after.]]
 
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The book is likely named so because in the final strip, Calvin says ''"It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy...let's go exploring!''" after acknowledging that there was a huge snowfall in the woods. It finished with him and Hobbes sliding away on Calvin's sledge.
 
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It's a Magical World
Its A Magical World
First comic: March 20, 1995
Last comic: December 31, 1995
Sabbatical: None
Other books

It's A Magical World (ISBN 0836221362) is the fourteenth Calvin and Hobbes book, as well as the eleventh printed collection.

Description[]

It was released in October 1996 by Andrews & McMeel and collects the collects the strips published March 20 to April 2, and April 9 to December 31, 1995. The daily strips in this collection are printed slightly larger than in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes hardcover collection.

The back cover art (Calvin and Hobbes hugging) is different than that on the back cover of book 3 of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes hardcover collection.  The other non-strip art in this collection is included in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes hardcover.

The book has the last meeting of G.R.O.S.S., as well as the last strip of Calvin and Hobbes. The book is named after Calvin's final line in Calvin and Hobbes: "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy...let's go exploring!"

The book was available on the Kindle Fire kids account for free, but has since switched to a paid fee on the adult account, along with There's Treasure Everywhere.

FinalStrip

The final Calvin and Hobbes strip, which the "It's a Magical World" book is titled after.