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Little Bird first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 1, and was often used as a foil to Big Bird, due to their contrasting sizes. Little Bird was a refurbished version of the Kenner Gooney Bird.

Fans have referred to Little Bird as a "she" because of the character's female performer, however the Grin and Giggle with Big Bird LP cites the song "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird" as a source for Little Bird's gender. The 1973 Character Style Guide from CTW also describes him as a "he."

Although Little Bird appeared on Sesame Street most often during the 1970s, the character continued to appear frequently in books throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Little Bird made a cameo in "One Song (Song of One). Little Bird also made a few cameo appearances during the 1980s and 1990s. On-screen appearances include a brief fly-by in the song "Do Op Hop," sat at Birdland in "The Birdland Jump," and sang a line and appeared in "We Are All Earthlings". Little Bird's most recent US puppet appearance was in a 1999 Sesame Street group shot photo.

Jim Henson performed Little Bird in at least two sketches from the first season: a sketch from Episode 0028 in which he meets Big Bird, and the game show "Pick Your Pet."

There are at least two different Little Bird puppets. One was a normal hand puppet, and the other was a marionette, used for flying scenes. This marionette version was used in the songs "I Whistle a Happy Tune", "Do Op Hop", and "The Heart of a Frog".

Little Bird's birthday is December 17th.

In 2003, he was immortalized in toy form in the first series of Medicom Sesame Street Kubricks.

International Names

On Sesamstrasse, his name is Klein Bibo, "klein" being German for "little", and "Bibo" referring to the translated name for Big Bird. In Sesame Street books that are translated to Dutch, his name is Pinorino, referring to Pino from Sesamstraat.

Book appearances

• The Together Book (1971)
• The Sesame Street Storybook (1972)
• The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook (1973)
• The Sesame Street ABC Storybook, cover only (1974)
• Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
• Big Bird and Little Bird's Big & Little Book (1977)
• The Sesame Street Cookbook (1978)
• Fix It, Please (1980)
• The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
• A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
• I Have a Friend (1981)
• The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites (1981)
• Big and Little Stories (1982)
• Early Bird on Sesame Street (1983)
• Nobody Cares About Me! (1983)
• I Think That It Is Wonderful (1984)
• Big Bird's Busy Day (1987)
• I Can't Wait Until Christmas (1989)
• Bert's Beautiful Sights (1990)
• The Treasure Hunt (1990)
• Hide-and-Seek with Big Bird (1991)
• Sleep Tight! (1991)
• We're Different, We're the Same (1992)
• From Trash to Treasure (1993)
• Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book (1996)
• Elmo Can... Quack Like a Duck (1997)
• Going Places (1998)
• Rise and Shine! (1999)
• Learn About Measuring with Big Bird (2006)
• Elmo's World Super Sticker Book (2007)
• Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street (2007)

Sketches

• Big Bird meets Little Bird (EKA: Episode 0028)

Big Bird sees Little Bird and wonders what kind of animal he is. He tries to communicate with Little Bird by barking, meowing, and mooing, until he finally asks what Little Bird is. After Little Bird tells Big Bird that he's a bird, Big Bird doesn't believe him, thinking that birds are big, so Little Bird compares their similarities until he convinces Big Bird that he is a bird.

• Little Bird's Imagination Game (EKA: Episode 0158)

Little Bird plays an imagination game witht he audience. He closes his eyes, and imagines things. He ends the game by imagining a monster behind him, and when he opens his eyes, herry Monster appears behind him.

• Next To (EKA: Episode 0683)

Little Bird talks about the concept of "next to", and Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird.