Changes: A Bird's Best Friend

Written by	Tish Sommers
Illustrator	Maggie Swanson
Published	1986
Publisher	Goldencraft
Series	A Growing-Up Book
ISBN	0307621189

Revision as of 20:09, 4 July 2014

A Bird's Best Friend is a 1986 Sesame Street book telling the story of how Barkley came to live on Sesame Street.

Granny Bird gives Big Bird a puppy, to show that she thinks her grandson is responsible enough to have his own pet. It's not easy at first, but soon Big Bird and Barkley become good pals.

Sherlock Hemlock's dog Watson makes his debut appearance in this book. In this book, he looks something like a bloodhound in a Sherlock Holmes-esque deerstalker cap, while in Watson's later appearances on Sesame Street's Mysterious Theater segments in the early 1990s, he resembled something of a smaller brown terrier that is naked except for a collar.

Cast

Heard on Book and Tape releases:

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird, Granny Bird, and Oscar the Grouch
Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster and the narrator
Frank Oz as Grover and Bert
Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn
Jerry Nelson as Sherlock Hemlock
Jim Henson as Ernie
Sonia Manzano as Maria

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-{{book|writer=[[Tish Sommers]]|illustrator=[[Maggie Swanson]]|date=[[1986]]|publisher=Goldencraft|series=Sesame Street Growing Up|isbn=0307621189}}
+'''''A Bird's Best Friend''''' is a 1986 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' book telling the story of how [[Barkley]] came to live on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]].
-Also released in a book and tape set with voices provided by [[Caroll Spinney]], [[Frank Oz]] and [[Fran Brill]].
+[[Granny Bird]] gives [[Big Bird]] a puppy, to show that she thinks her grandson is responsible enough to have his own pet. It's not easy at first, but soon Big Bird and Barkley become good pals.
-[[Category:Sesame Street Books|Bird's Best Friend]]
-[[Category:Book and Audio|Bird's Best Friend]]
+[[Sherlock Hemlock|Sherlock Hemlock's]] dog [[Watson]] makes his debut appearance in this book. In this book, he looks something like a bloodhound in a Sherlock Holmes-esque deerstalker cap, while in Watson's later appearances on ''[[Sesame Street]]'s'' [[Mysterious Theater]] segments in the early 1990s, he resembled something of a smaller brown terrier that is naked except for a collar.
+==Cast==
+Heard on Book and Tape releases:
+*[[Caroll Spinney]] as Big Bird, Granny Bird, and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
+*[[Martin P. Robinson]] as [[Telly Monster]] and the narrator
+*[[Frank Oz]] as [[Grover]] and [[Bert]]
+*[[Fran Brill]] as [[Prairie Dawn]]
+*[[Jerry Nelson]] as Sherlock Hemlock
+*[[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]]
+*[[Sonia Manzano]] as [[Maria]]
+==Other editions==
+<gallery>
+File:Golden1987BirdsBestFriendBTSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and Tape}}1987<br>Golden<br>13945
+File:Golden1987BirdsBestFriendBTSet2.jpg|{{GNH|Book and Tape}}1987<br>Golden<br>14155
+File:Golden14155BirdsBestFriend1994BTSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and Tape}}1994<br/>Golden<br/>14155
+</gallery>
+==Translations==
+<gallery widths=200 heights=200>
+Image:Besterfreund.jpg|{{GNH|Bibos bester Freund}}[[Germany]]<br>Tessloff, 2002<br>3788606894
+</gallery>
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird's Best Friend}}
+[[Category:Sesame Street Books|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:Big Bird Books]]
+[[Category:A Growing-Up Book|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:Book and Audio|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:Pets|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:Friendship]]


Written by	Tish Sommers
Illustrator	Maggie Swanson
Published	1986
Publisher	Goldencraft
Series	A Growing-Up Book
ISBN	0307621189