Elmo Loves You (book)

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Written by	Sarah Albee
Illustrator	Maggie Swanson
Published	1997
Publisher	Golden Press
Series	A Little Golden Book
ISBN	0307161889

Elmo Loves You! is a Sesame Street storybook told in rhyme. Bert loves pigeons, penguins love snow, kids love toys -- and Elmo loves you. At the end of the book, Elmo asks the reader to be his Valentine.

This book is one of three Little Golden Books published in 1997, tying in with the previous year's Tickle Me Elmo craze. The others are Tickle Me: My Name is Elmo and Big Bird's Ticklish Christmas. It has become a perennial favorite, and has been reprinted four times by three publishers over the last decade.

The book is planned to be reissued as "A Sesame Street Big Book" by Candlewick Press on August 11, 2009.

Reissues

2000 Random House Jellybean Books ISBN 0307988465	2002 Random House Big Bird's Favorites Board Books ISBN 0375812083	2005 Dalmatian Press shaped board book retitled Elmo Loves You! ISBN 1403710422
2008 Dalmatian Press paperback ISBN 140375604X	2009 Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763643653

The book was also collected in Elmo's Ultimate Edition Storybook in 2007.

See also

• Elmo books