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'''''Oscar's Book''''' is a 1975 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[:Category:Little Golden Books|Little Golden Book]] featuring [[Oscar the Grouch]].
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Oscar starts out by informing the reader, "This is ''my'' book, and I don't want ''you'' to read it."
   
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Bothered by the reader's attention, he decides to move out of [[Oscar's trash can|his trash can]], and let somebody else move in. He puts on a blonde curly wig, and pretends to be "Melody", a new little girl who lives on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]. But when [[Big Bird]] sees "Melody", he invites everyone to meet their new neighbor, and Oscar gives up the charade.
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Frustrated, Oscar hides in a pyramid of trash cans, but he can still be seen. He then transforms his can into a "superduper grouch rocket balloon", which floats him high up into the sky. A bird pops the balloon, and he falls back to the ground.
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At the end of the book, Oscar realizes that the reader is going to go away, and he won't have anybody to yell at and complain to anymore. He tells the reader to come back: "You really make me ''mad!''"
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Oscar speaks directly to the reader in word balloons, comic book-style. This style was used in a number of ''Sesame'' books in the 1970s and early 1980s, including ''[[The Monster at the End of This Book]]'' (1971), ''[[Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum]]'' (1974), ''[[Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable, Furry Old Grover?]]'', ''[[Big Bird's Red Book]]'' (1977), and ''[[Lovable Furry Old Grover's Resting Places]]'' (1984).
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==Book and audio editions==
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Image:OscarsBookBRset.jpg|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1981<br>[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]<br>BR 00009 (record)<br>BT 00009 (tape)<br>First edition cover
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1983<br>Sesame Street Records<br>BR 00009 (record)<br>BT 00009 (tape)<br>Second edition cover
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1983<br>Sesame Street Records<br>BR 00009 (record)<br>BT 00009 (tape)<br>Third edition cover
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==See also==
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*[[Sesame Street Book and Audio Sets Discography]]
 
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[[Category:Oscar the Grouch Books]]
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Revision as of 04:14, 17 March 2012

Oscarsbook
Written by Jeff Moss
Illustrator Michael Gross
Published 1975
Publisher Western Publishing
Series A Little Golden Book
ISBN 0307021475

Oscar's Book is a 1975 Sesame Street Little Golden Book featuring Oscar the Grouch.

Oscar starts out by informing the reader, "This is my book, and I don't want you to read it."

Bothered by the reader's attention, he decides to move out of his trash can, and let somebody else move in. He puts on a blonde curly wig, and pretends to be "Melody", a new little girl who lives on Sesame Street. But when Big Bird sees "Melody", he invites everyone to meet their new neighbor, and Oscar gives up the charade.

Frustrated, Oscar hides in a pyramid of trash cans, but he can still be seen. He then transforms his can into a "superduper grouch rocket balloon", which floats him high up into the sky. A bird pops the balloon, and he falls back to the ground.

At the end of the book, Oscar realizes that the reader is going to go away, and he won't have anybody to yell at and complain to anymore. He tells the reader to come back: "You really make me mad!"

Oscar speaks directly to the reader in word balloons, comic book-style. This style was used in a number of Sesame books in the 1970s and early 1980s, including The Monster at the End of This Book (1971), Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (1974), Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable, Furry Old Grover?, Big Bird's Red Book (1977), and Lovable Furry Old Grover's Resting Places (1984).

Book and audio editions

See also

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