It's Not Easy Being Green (book)

Written by	Jim Henson, The Muppets, and friends
Illustrator	Jim Henson
Published	2005
Publisher	Hyperion
ISBN	1401302424 1401383297 (audio version)

It's Not Easy Being Green... and Other Things to Consider is a book collecting quotes from Jim Henson's career. Released on September 14th, 2005 with 208 pages, the quotes are those of Jim's, his characters and his colleagues as well as song lyrics and script selections. The book is illustrated with drawings by Jim Henson, and edited by Cheryl Henson, who also wrote the introduction.

The material has been divided into 5 thematic sections: "Listen to Your Heart", "Dynamite Determination", "Together We'll Nab It", "It Starts When We're Kids", and "A Part of Everyone and Everything".

An audio book was released at the same time with narration by John Lithgow, Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Nelson and an introduction by Cheryl Henson. It featured Jim Henson singing "Bein' Green" and "The Rainbow Connection".

Audio CD cover