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{{book|image=Book.anybodycanplay.jpg|writer=[[Jocelyn Stevenson]]|illustrator=[[Beverly Phillips]]<br>[[Tom Cooke]] (reissue)|date=[[1980]]<br>[[1992]] (reissue)|publisher=[[Western Publishing]]|series=[[:Category:Sesame Street Book Club|Sesame Street Book Club]]|isbn=0307231259}}
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[[Image:Book.anybodycanplay.jpg|frame|1980 original]]
  
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{{book|writer=[[Jocelyn Stevenson]]|illustrator=[[Beverly Phillips]]<br>[[Tom Cooke]] (reissue)|date=[[1980]]<br>[[1992]] (reissue)|publisher=[[Western Publishing]]|series=[[:Category:Sesame Street Book Club|Sesame Street Book Club]]|isbn=0307231259}}
  
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[[Image:Book.anybodycanplay1992.jpg|frame|1992 reprint]]
  
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Reissued in [[1992]] with the same text and ISBN, but new illustrations by [[Tom Cooke]].
  
   
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'''''Anybody Can Play''''' is a 1980 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' storybook featuring [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]].
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Also released as a [[:Category:Book and Audio|Book-and-Record]] set.
  
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==Synopsis==
  
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Bert is upset that he can't go outside due to the pouring rain. Ernie shows him how much fun staying inside on a rainy day can be. Bert doesn't believe there is any fun inside, but eventually after a number of activities he begins enjoying himself greatly; so much so, that he continues to play inside even after the rain has ceased.
  
   
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[[Bert]] is upset that he can't go outside due to the pouring rain. [[Ernie]] shows him how much fun staying inside on a rainy day can be. Bert doesn't believe there is any fun inside, but after a number of activities, he begins enjoying himself -- so much so, that he continues to play inside even after the rain has stopped.
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Grover, Barkley and Betty Lou all stop by, though neither Bert nor Ernie seem to notice.
  
   
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[[Grover]], [[Barkley]] and [[Betty Lou]] all stop by, though neither Bert nor Ernie seem to notice.
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==Characters==
  
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===Major===
  
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[[Bert]], [[Ernie]]
  
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===Minor===
  
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[[Grover]], [[Barkley]], [[Betty Lou]]
  
   
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==Other editions==
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[[Category:Book and Audio]]
  
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Reissued in 1992 with the same text and ISBN, but new illustrations by [[Tom Cooke]]. In the reissue, Betty Lou is replaced by [[Prairie Dawn]].
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[[Category:Sesame Street Book Club]]
  
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<gallery>
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Image:Book.anybodycanplay1992.jpg|1992 reissue
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</gallery>
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==Book and audio editions==
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The book and audio edition is read by [[Caroll Spinney]] in character as [[Big Bird]], although he doesn't appear in the story itself. The Golden Story book and tape from 1988, Big Bird is replaced with a woman reading with the voices of [[Jim Henson]] as Ernie & [[Frank Oz]] as Bert.
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File:AnybodyCanPlayBRSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1981<br>[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]<br>BR 00002 (record)<br>BT 00002 (tape)<br>First edition cover
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Image:A_can_play_read-along.jpg|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1983<br>Sesame Street Records<br>BR 00002 (record)<br>BT 00002 (tape)<br>Second edition cover
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1983<br>Sesame Street Records<br>BR 00002 (record)<br>BT 00002 (tape)<br>Third edition cover
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File:GoldenAnybodyCanPlayBTSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and tape set}}1988<br>[[Western Publishing|Golden Press]]<br>13814
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==Translations==
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Image:Noimage.png|{{GNH|''Tout le monde peut jouer''}}[[Canada]], 1984<br>Laffont<br>Illustrated by Beverly Phillips<br>Translated by Pauline Normand<br>ISBN 2891493117
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Image:JederkannMitspielen.jpg|{{GNH|''Jeder kann mitspielen''}}[[Germany]], 1983, 1992<br>Illustrated by Beverly Phillips<br>Translated by Joachim Tode<br>ISBN 3788606770
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Image:Erlingsregnvaerslek.jpg|{{GNH|''Erlings regnværslek''}}[[Norway]], 1997<br>82-7106-298-0
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Image:SuperSpeelpretmetBertenErnie.jpg|{{GNH|''Super speelpret met Bert en Ernie''}}[[The Netherlands]], 1980<br>Zuidnederlandse Uitgevrij
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Image:BertenErniespelen.jpg|{{GNH|''Bert en Ernie spelen''}}The Netherlands, 1985<br>Vroom & Dreesmann<br>ISBN 9024336163
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</gallery>
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==See also==
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*[[Sesame Street Book and Audio Sets Discography]]
 
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[[Category:Sesame Street Books]]
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[[Category:Sesame Street Book Club]]
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[[Category:Book and Audio]]
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[[Category:Ernie and Bert Books]]

Revision as of 21:45, 26 March 2015

Book.anybodycanplay
Written by Jocelyn Stevenson
Illustrator Beverly Phillips
Tom Cooke (reissue)
Published 1980
1992 (reissue)
Publisher Western Publishing
Series Sesame Street Book Club
ISBN 0307231259

Anybody Can Play is a 1980 Sesame Street storybook featuring Ernie and Bert.

Bert is upset that he can't go outside due to the pouring rain. Ernie shows him how much fun staying inside on a rainy day can be. Bert doesn't believe there is any fun inside, but after a number of activities, he begins enjoying himself -- so much so, that he continues to play inside even after the rain has stopped.

Grover, Barkley and Betty Lou all stop by, though neither Bert nor Ernie seem to notice.

Other editions

Reissued in 1992 with the same text and ISBN, but new illustrations by Tom Cooke. In the reissue, Betty Lou is replaced by Prairie Dawn.

Book and audio editions

The book and audio edition is read by Caroll Spinney in character as Big Bird, although he doesn't appear in the story itself. The Golden Story book and tape from 1988, Big Bird is replaced with a woman reading with the voices of Jim Henson as Ernie & Frank Oz as Bert.

Translations

See also

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