I just acquired some really old Sesame Street books

[Andrew T]

Solomon Grundy? You mean the DC Comics villian?

No, he's this animated kid.

(Sorry for the weird polka-dot effect; my scanner sometimes does that at low resolutions).

 

[Krazedmuppet]

My grandparents used to have the book with Grover, were grover was scared about the monster at the end of the book, I used to love that book when I was little.

I was lucky enough to find that book, soo good!

I collect SS and Muppet kids books, I have quite the collection. Im slowly trying to get the full set of the SS library and SS treasury (very similer books) also I have alot of the book club ones. One of my favs is "how to be a grouch, by oscar the grouch" it was written and illistrated by Spinny himself!!!! I always wanted that one autographed....

 

[BEAR]

I have a very old book that was published after Sesame's first season. It is all about the history of the show and how things work and the statistics of their research and everything you would want to know about the inner workings of how the show was developed. I think it is simply called All About Sesame Street. It is out of print now and very hard to find. I am so lucky I got a copy when I wrote my Sesame Street research paper a few years back.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

I was lucky enough to find that book, soo good!

I collect SS and Muppet kids books, I have quite the collection. Im slowly trying to get the full set of the SS library and SS treasury (very similer books) also I have alot of the book club ones. One of my favs is "how to be a grouch, by oscar the grouch" it was written and illistrated by Spinny himself!!!! I always wanted that one autographed....

Good luck on your search Krazedmuppet, I hope you find everything you are looking for. I would love to read the "How to be a Grouch" book beacause I am a fan of Caroll Spinnys art work.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

I have a very old book that was published after Sesame's first season. It is all about the history of the show and how things work and the statistics of their research and everything you would want to know about the inner workings of how the show was developed. I think it is simply called All About Sesame Street. It is out of print now and very hard to find. I am so lucky I got a copy when I wrote my Sesame Street research paper a few years back.

I have actually read that book on the trypod website and It is probably one of the most imformative books on SesameStreet there is.

 

[superfan]

I've got the SS Book of Numbers. When I found it hidden among a stack of regular kids' books, I was floored!!! Such a great thing to have. I'm glad you got your books AndrewT. Take good care of them. Mine fell apart after about a month or two. It's still in readable condition, but I have it stored away to prevent further wreckage.

 

[mikebennidict]

In the Book of People and Things:

*Ernie takes a bath in his bathtub Rosie. (I believe this segment was from the very first episode)
*Solomon Grundy washes part of his body every day of the week. (ditto)
*Kermit talks about the different ways people can feel, with happy and sad faced circles Cookie Monster eats. (The faces look drawn on to the circles; I wouldn't be surprised if the original skit had a different theme)
*Susan demonstrates emotions.
*Ernie expects an important call, but Cookie Monster hogs and eventually eats the phone.
*Bert and Ernie talk about emotions everyone has.
*Gordon asks Oscar if he ever feels happy.
*Bob sings "People in your neighborhood" with grocer and doctor anything muppets. (The Grocer looks like Fat Blue, albeit with green nose and black hair)
*Mr. Hooper talks about his job and asks the kids what it would be like to be somebody else.
*Gordon and a boy pretend sit on the steps and pretend to be astronauts, train engineers, and bus drivers.
*Big Bird asks Susan if she ever thought about living someplace else.

And in the Book of Shapes:

*Bert tells Cookie Monster that some cookies are shaped like circles.
*Bob talks demonstrates squares.
*A street cleaner (I guess) shows Gordon a cardboard triangle they find; they give it to Oscar.
*Bob holds up a square and triangle standing alongside a drawing of a park scene.

The Book of Numbers has frames (presumably from an animated sketch) with large numbers along the left-hand pages and out-of-context drawings from presumable animations on the other. The Book of Letters also contains drawings presumably taken from animated segments, but these two books are altogether pretty boring.

I borrowed that book from the library years ago and some of what you mentioned I recall. Unfortunatly i was too young to have considered things like copyright date but obviously it was an early publication.

 

[doctort13]

Here's a photo I scanned in from The Sesame Street Book of People and Things containing the original Gordon, a blue & red mailbox, and an orange Oscar!

Great photo!

 

[Mokeystar]

I got the HB version of People and Things and Shapes about ten years ago at a used bookstore. I then acquired a library discarded set of the series in paperback, which are pretty much the same as the hardback books but much smaller with a few things deleted here and there. (I can't tell you in detail what the differences are since most of my stuff, including my Sesame books, are in storage and unaccessable to me right now.)

But seeing these for the first time was fascinating! Not only was this my first introduction to the orange Oscar, but seeing Susan and Bob so young--very close to how I remember them looking when I was a child--was the coolest.

Being able to see some of those old pictures and photos from clips were enough to make my heart skip a beat. Mmmm....a classic Sesame lover's treasure!

 

[BooberFraggless]

I have the Sesame Street book of Puzzlers. I got it from a couple of friends of mine back in November 1992. I was over at their house and we discovered the books in a closet, the 3 of us looked through them and laughed at how funny the chachters looked back then. They saw how much I liked the books and how fascinated I was by them, and agreed to let me have one of them.