Bert's books
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A collection of books that Bert has read. Sketch titles match the titles on the Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment page.
| Picture | Title | Sketch | Quote/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All About Air | Discovery of Air | "Air is all around us, but we can't see it... One way we know that air is there is when we see it move things. Air moves things like sailboats, and kites, and pinwheels." | |
| Bonfire of the Oatmeal | Headphones | ||
| Boring Stories | Ernie's Disguise Kit | At one point, the prince drinks a glass of water. This book also appears in the 1979 Little Golden Book The Many Faces of Ernie. | |
| Cooking with Oatmeal | Rhyming Game | "Take four cups of oatmeal, two pitted mangoes... buttermilk..." | |
| Feathered Fairy Tales | Ernie's Guess What I Am Game | "Mama Pigeon said... Someone's been eating my birdseed. And the Baby Pigeon said, 'Someone's been eating my birdseed, and they ate it allll up." | |
| Out and In | Out and In | Bert: "It's full of in-jokes." | |
| The Pigeon Whisperer [1] | Dancing Monsters | "And the mystical Pigeon Whisperer whispered mystically to the pigeon... 'Coo... coo...'" | |
| The Secret Life of Pigeons | Ernie Walks Forwards and Backwards | "And the pigeon stood, and looked into the sky, and said, 'I'll think about it tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day.'" | |
| Socks [1] | Play With Me Sesame | Mr. Sock pulls Bert away from his book to play Perfect Pair. | |
| A Tale of Two Breakfasts | Bert copies the drums | "It was the best of oatmeals, it was the worst of oatmeals..." | |
| A Tale of Two Pigeons [1] | "One and One Make Two" | "It was the best of pigeons, it was the worst of pigeons..." | |
| untitled | Bert Is "It" | Ernie plays a game of tag with Bert, who is reading his book. | |
| untitled | Guess That Animal Sound | Although no text is recited, the book is interesting enough that a lion breaks into Ernie and Bert's apartment to borrow it. | |
| untitled | "In My Book" | The story involves a lion, a tiger, an alligator, a pirate, and a sorceror. |
