Ernie's Little Lie

Written by	Dan Elliott
Illustrator	Joe Mathieu
Published	1983
Publisher	Random House
Series	Sesame Street Start-to-Read
ISBN	0394854403

Ernie's Little Lie is a 1982 Sesame Street storybook featuring Ernie.

Plot

Ernie decides to paint a picture for an art contest Mr. Hooper is judging. After he finishes his rubber duckie picture, his cousin Fred mails him a realistic tiger painting. He briefly considers entering that one instead of his own, but then decides not to, but then Bert decides to enter his painting and mistakenly enters the picture that was mailed to him. It is highly praised and wins first prize at the contest. Ernie wants to clear up the confusion, but everybody likes the painting that he didn't do. Eventually, he explains what had happened, and Mr. Hooper agrees that the prize (a deluxe set of paints) should be mailed to Fred.

Characters

• Ernie
• Bert
• The Mailman
• Fred (mentioned only)
• Big Bird
• Oscar the Grouch
• Mr. Hooper

Other editions

• Released as a Book-and-Record set (BR-00019), and as a Book-and-Tape set (BT-00019), featuring the original character voices.
• Released by Fisher-Price as a Book-and-Record set and as a Book-and-Tape set
• Adapted in the Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video series in 1991.

Translations

Erlings lille løgnNorway, 1992
Gyldendal Tiden
8205211469

See also

• Sesame Street Book and Audio Sets Discography