
Emily Kingsley, David Korr, Jeffrey Moss ~ Joseph Mathieu
Random House, 1975
Because I don't feel like being artsy-fartsy this morning, I'm opting instead for some pure commercial fun. Now, my son will still listen to his Sesame Street records (How to Be a Grouch and The Sesame Street Pet Show, respectively). And if it falls into the realm of "Muppets", he's cool with it, but for the most part, he's moved on from all things Sesame Street. That doesn't mean I'm about to throw out all of the vintage SS loot I've collected for him over the years. I was reshuffling the shelves to move some of the younger titles out and came across this old favorite from the Random House years.
Illustrated by the awesomely awesome Joe Mathieu, here we have six classic (and not-so-classic) fairy tales told as only the Muppets can tell. The King's Nose is about a king (d'uh) who finds himself in the unenviable predicament of having a bright pink rubber ball stuck on his sniffer.

and before the King could duck,
The ball bounced off
King Marvin's throne...
and hit his nose...
and stuck.
"What is this thing?" said Marvin
as he felt the ball and sneered.
But before he could remove it,
his Prime Minister appeared.
"King Marv!" cried the Prime Minister.
"A rubber ball! How cute!
It really is magnificent! I'll get one for my snoot."
A twist on The Emperor's New Clothes, soon all the kingdom is sporting pink rubber balls. The King (as played by Mumford the Magician) is hysterical while Bert and Ernie are perfect players in the story.



Sherlock Hemlock and the Great Twiddlebug Mystery
Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum
The In and Out and All About Sesame Street Coloring Book
The Together Book
The Many Faces of Ernie
The Great Cookie Thief
Sesame Street 1,2,3 Story Book
The Amazing Mumford and His Amazing Subtracting Trick
The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook
The Pecan Tree
The Sesame Street Decorate a Tree Book
I'm a Mommy, I'm a Daddy
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2 comments:
holy crap. Aagh! sorry should watch my language but I'm so flipping excited! I haven't see this book since I was young. I gotta have it. Julia loves any Sesame book I throw at her, she loves all the commentary from the various characters. Thanks for reminding me that this exists!! :)
I know what you mean... this is the one I had when I was little.
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2010/08/sesame-street-bedtime-storybook.html
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