The Sesame Street Storybook

by Jeff Moss, Jon Stone, Norman Stiles

Stories and verse featuring characters from the television show introduce number concepts, letters of the alphabet, and word meanings.

Genres: Childrens, Humor, Poetry, Picture Books

72 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Jeff Moss was a head writer and composer-lyricist on Sesame Street. Some of his best-known songs from the show include "Rubber Duckie," "I Love Trash," "The People in Your Neighborhood," "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon," and "Nasty Dan." In addition to songwriting, Moss helped create Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, and Guy Smiley.

Moss won 15 Emmys for his work and wrote the songs for four Grammy Award-winning records. When released as a single in 1970, "Rubber Duckie" sold more than a million copies. Moss' songs were known internationally as well; Claude François' recording of "Nasty Dan" went to #1 on the pop chart in France.

He also composed the songs and score for The Muppets Take Manhattan, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Original Song Score. The Oscar went to Prince for Purple Rain.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah, back to my childhood. This was a prompt for a book that made me nostalgic. My dad read this to me and my siblings soooooo many times I still have bits of it memorized!

[Valerie Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a book I loved as a child and I recently found a copy of it. Did I reread it? You bet. Did I still love it? Also yes!

[Meltha · Rating 5 out of 5]

AGH! I completely forgot about this one until I was browsing around! I LOVED this book at bedtime around kindergarten age! I think "Grover, Messenger of Love" was my favorite, though the princess who wanted to marry the person who could make the tiniest cookie was great too.

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't believe there's no cover art for this wonderful book. These are classics that stand the test of time. . . .

[Annebirthday32com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dear, mom.