Changes: A Bird's Best Friend

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

Latest revision as of 22:50, 18 October 2022

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 is a medium-sized long-haired dog in a Sherlock Holmes-esque deerstalker cap and matching coat. In Watson's later appearances in the Mysterious Theater segments, he resembled something of a smaller brown terrier that only wears a collar.

Additional characters include Oscar the Grouch, Slimey, Telly Monster, Grover, Bert and a leashed pigeon, Prairie Dawn and her dog Rustler, Radar, Herry Monster and his kitten, Maria and her dog Perrito, and Cookie Monster.

Book and audio editions

The book and audio adaptation is narrated by Martin P. Robinson and features the original character voices.

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 '''''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]].
 [[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|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.
+[[Sherlock Hemlock|Sherlock Hemlock's]] dog [[Watson]] makes his debut appearance in this book. In this book, he is a medium-sized long-haired dog in a Sherlock Holmes-esque deerstalker cap and matching coat. In Watson's later appearances in the [[Mysterious Theater]] segments, he resembled something of a smaller brown terrier that only wears a collar.
+Additional characters include [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Slimey]], [[Telly Monster]], [[Grover]], [[Bert]] and a leashed [[pigeons|pigeon]], [[Prairie Dawn]] and her dog Rustler, [[Radar]], [[Herry Monster]] and his kitten, [[Maria]] and her dog Perrito, and [[Cookie Monster]].
-==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==
+==Book and audio editions==
+*The book and audio adaptation is narrated by [[Martin P. Robinson]] and features the original character voices.
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+File:Golden14155BirdsBestFriend1994BTSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and Tape}}1994<br/>Golden<br/>14155
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 ==Translations==
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+<gallery widths=200>
-Image:Besterfreund.jpg|{{GNH|Bibos bester Freund}}[[Germany]]<br>Tessloff, 2002<br>3788606894
+File:Besterfreund.jpg|{{GNH|Bibos bester Freund}}[[Germany]]<br>[[Tessloff]], 2002<br>ISBN 3788606894
+File:Book_A_Bird's_Best_Friend_Japanese.jpg|{{GNH|ビッグバードのたからもの}}[[Japan]]<br>Hyoronsha, May 1, 1995<br>978-4566003323
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+__NOWYSIWYG__
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-[[Category:Sesame Street Books|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird's Best Friend, A}}
+[[Category:Sesame Street Books]]
 [[Category:Big Bird Books]]
-[[Category:A Growing-Up Book|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:A Growing-Up Book]]
-[[Category:Book and Audio|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:Book and Audio]]
-[[Category:Pets|Bird's Best Friend, A]]
+[[Category:Pets]]
-[[Category:Friendship]]


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