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− | '''''Stories to Grow On''''' is volume 3 in the ''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Stories]]'' series. The series collects the various ''[[Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories]]'' short stories in hardback form. |
+ | '''''Stories to Grow On''''' is volume 3 in the ''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Stories]]'' series. The series collects the various ''[[Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories]]'' short stories in hardback form. |
+ | Included in this volume are ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'', ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', ''[[The Muppet Show|Muppet Show]]'', and ''Kermit's Tales'' stories. Many feature the theme of patience, finding ways to pass the time while waiting, and taking your time while working. A few of the stories have accompanying activity pages. |
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+ | *"Baby Kermit's Safari"/"Safari Search" (activity) - ''Muppet Babies'' |
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⚫ | | <center>"Kermit and the Best Present of All"</center> [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] is cleaning his house on a Saturday night in preparation for a surprise party for [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie]]. Once the guests arrive, Kermit realizes he's forgotten to get a birthday present for Fozzie, but realizes at the end that friendship is the best gift of all. |
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⚫ | | <center>"The Great Dress Disaster"</center>[[Miss Piggy]] is getting ready to go the ball with [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], but discovers a spot on the dress she had planned to wear. After a disasterous turn in the washing machine and then the dryer, the dress is ruined, and Kermit has arrived to take Piggy to the costume ball. Covered in dirt from being in the attic searching for a new dress, Piggy realizes it is a Costume Ball, and Kermit is pleased at her [[Cinderella]] costume. |
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⚫ | [[Miss Piggy]] is getting ready to go the ball with [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], but discovers a spot on the dress she had planned to wear. After a disasterous turn in the washing machine and then the dryer, the dress is ruined, and Kermit has arrived to take Piggy to the costume ball. Covered in dirt from being in the attic searching for a new dress, Piggy realizes it is a Costume Ball, and Kermit is pleased at her [[Cinderella]] costume. |
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⚫ | | <center>"The Contest"</center>[[Cantus the Minstrel]] is holding a "Midsummer Festival Music Contest" which is open to all the residents of [[Fraggle Rock (location)|Fraggle Rock]]. All the Fraggles (including [[Red Fraggle|Red]], [[Gobo Fraggle|Gobo]], [[Boober Fraggle|Boober]], [[Wembley Fraggle|Wembley]], and [[Mokey Fraggle|Mokey]]) go off to compose a song for the contest. However, it is their songs put together which captures the spirit of the Midsummer Festival and wins the contest. |
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⚫ | [[Cantus the Minstrel]] is holding a "Midsummer Festival Music Contest" which is open to all the residents of [[Fraggle Rock (location)|Fraggle Rock]]. All the Fraggles go off to compose a song for the contest, |
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− | ===Fraggle Rock, Fraggle Roll=== |
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Cantus is depicted in this poem as a purple Fraggle with yellow hair. |
Cantus is depicted in this poem as a purple Fraggle with yellow hair. |
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⚫ | | <center>"Baby Fozzie's Green Thumb"</center>[[Baby Fozzie]] decides to see if he has a green thumb, and plants tomato seeds in the window box outside the Nursery window. After two days have passed, he become impatient, and receives advice from the other babies. [[Baby Piggy]] suggests feeding the seeds, [[Baby Kermit]] advises talking to the seeds, and [[Baby Gonzo]] suggests building a Scarecrow. Growing restless, Fozzie sets out to play with the others, and after building a tower with [[Baby Scooter]] and playing chopsticks with [[Baby Rowlf]], Piggy discovers a seedling, and Fozzie discovers that patience is the most important thing when it comes to gardening |
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⚫ | [[Baby Fozzie]] decides to see if he has a green thumb, and plants tomato seeds in the window box outside the Nursery window. After two days have passed, he become impatient, and receives advice from the other babies. [[Baby Piggy]] suggests feeding the seeds, [[Baby Kermit]] advises talking to the seeds, and [[Baby Gonzo]] suggests building a Scarecrow. Growing restless, Fozzie sets out to play with the others, and after building a tower with [[Baby Scooter]] and playing chopsticks with [[Baby Rowlf]], Piggy discovers a seedling, and Fozzie discovers that patience is the most important thing when it comes to gardening |
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⚫ | [[Carmen (groundhog)|Carmen]] the groundhog is sad that her friend [[Harriet (goose)|Harriet]] the goose is flying south for the winter. Carmen worries that Harriet will be unable to find the meadow on her return, so she devises a sign to welcome Harriet home. Mother Nature wrecks havoc on the signs, making Carmen very sad, but she is overjoyed to awaken one morning to Harriet's honking. Harriet explains to Carmen that birds don't need a sign to find their homes, but the sign Carmen unknowningly created was a wonderful welcome home present. |
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⚫ | [[Baby Kermit]] is in the Nursery in his little blue jeep, when he decides he wants to go on an [[Africa|African]] safari. He imagines himself in Africa, and hears the cry of a young elephant named [[Annabelle]]. She has lost her Mother and is searching for her with the help of her Parrot friend. Climbing into Kermit's jeep, they encounter many animals before they reach Annabelle's mother, [[Eloise]]. Kermit then returns to the Nursery, where [[Baby Fozzie]] informs him that he's just in time for a snack of Animal Crackers, of which he's saved him an Elephant. |
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⚫ | [[Scooter]] informs [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] that there is a problem with the acrobatic rabbit act scheduled to perform in that night's show at the [[The Muppet Theater|Muppet Theatre]]. [[Abbot]], the head rabbit, tells Kermit that their Floppy Hopper Dropper Stopper is missing, and they cannot go on without it. Kermit and Scooter search the Theatre to no avail, and discover that the Rabbit's have located the missing stopper themselves. |
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⚫ | | <center>"Helping Harriet Home"</center>[[Carmen (groundhog)|Carmen]] the groundhog is sad that her friend [[Harriet (goose)|Harriet]] the goose is flying south for the winter. Carmen worries that Harriet will be unable to find the meadow on her return, so she devises a sign to welcome Harriet home. Mother Nature wrecks havoc on the signs, making Carmen very sad, but she is overjoyed to awaken one morning to Harriet's honking. Harriet explains to Carmen that birds don't need a sign to find their homes, but the sign Carmen unknowningly created was a wonderful welcome home present. |
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⚫ | | <center>"Baby Kermit's Safari"</center> [[Baby Kermit]] is in the Nursery in his little blue jeep, when he decides he wants to go on an [[Africa|African]] safari. He imagines himself in Africa, and hears the cry of a young elephant named [[Annabelle]]. She has lost her Mother and is searching for her with the help of her Parrot friend. Climbing into Kermit's jeep, they encounter many animals before they reach Annabelle's mother, [[Eloise]]. Kermit then returns to the Nursery, where [[Baby Fozzie]] informs him that he's just in time for a snack of Animal Crackers, of which he's saved him an Elephant. |
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⚫ | | <center>"The Floppy Hopper Dropper Stopper"</center> [[Scooter]] informs [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] that there is a problem with the acrobatic rabbit act scheduled to perform in that night's show at the [[The Muppet Theater|Muppet Theatre]]. [[Abbot]], the head [[Rabbits|rabbit]], tells Kermit that their Floppy Hopper Dropper Stopper is missing, and they cannot go on without it. Kermit and Scooter search the Theatre to no avail, and discover that the Rabbit's have located the missing stopper themselves. [[Miss Piggy]] and [[Gonzo]] also appear. |
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⚫ | | <center>"Clothes Make the Gonzo"</center>[[Gonzo]] has dressed in a new outlandish outfit for his number in the show, but everyone at the [[The Muppet Theatre|Muppet Theatre]] is questioning his choice of clothing. As he stands in the wings waiting to go on, [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] tells Gonzo that [[Leapin' Lenny]] the rock star is in the audience watching the show. Gonzo becomes self-conscious of his outfit, but has no time to change before he goes on. After the best performance of his life, Lenny comes backstage to borrow Gonzo's ensemble for his concert the next night. He leaves tickets for the whole Muppet gang (including [[Scooter]], [[Miss Piggy]], and [[Rowlf]]) to see the show as well. |
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⚫ | [[Gonzo]] has dressed in a new outlandish outfit for his number in the show, but everyone at the [[The Muppet Theatre|Muppet Theatre]] is questioning his choice of clothing. As he stands in the wings waiting to go on, [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] tells Gonzo that [[Leapin' Lenny]] the rock star is in the audience watching the show. Gonzo becomes self |
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+ | {{volnav|prev=[[Stories to Share|Volume #2]]|next=[[Off to Storyland|Volume #4]]}} |
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[[Category:Jim Henson's Muppet Stories| 03]] |
[[Category:Jim Henson's Muppet Stories| 03]] |
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[[Category:Muppet Books]] |
[[Category:Muppet Books]] |
Revision as of 16:47, 10 July 2014
Published | 1991 |
Publisher | Funk & Wagnalls |
Series | Jim Henson's Muppet Stories |
ISBN | 077731350308 |
Stories to Grow On is volume 3 in the Jim Henson's Muppet Stories series. The series collects the various Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories short stories in hardback form.
Included in this volume are Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, Muppet Show, and Kermit's Tales stories. Many feature the theme of patience, finding ways to pass the time while waiting, and taking your time while working. A few of the stories have accompanying activity pages.
Stories
- "Kermit and the Best Present of All"- Muppet Show cast
- "The Great Dress Disaster" - Muppet Show cast
- "The Contest"/"Fraggle Rock, Fraggle Roll" (activity) - Fraggle Rock
- "Baby Fozzie's Green Thumb" - Muppet Babies
- "Helping Harriet Home" - Kermit's Tales
- "Baby Kermit's Safari"/"Safari Search" (activity) - Muppet Babies
- "The Floppy Hopper Dropper Stopper" - Muppet Show
- "Clothes Make the Gonzo" - Muppet Show
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The other party guests include Miss Piggy, Rowlf, Gonzo, Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Janice, and Robin. |
Written by Marianne Meyer Illustrated by Richard Walz | |
Written by Andrew Gutelle Illustrated by Richard Walz | ||
Unlike his puppet or animated forms, Cantus is depicted as purple with green hair. |
Written by Harry Ross Illustrated by Larry DiFiori | |
Cantus is depicted in this poem as a purple Fraggle with yellow hair. |
Illustrated by Larry DiFiori | |
Written by Harry Ross Illustrated by Tom Cooke | ||
Written by Richard Chevat Illustrated by John Gurney | ||
Written by Deborah Kovacs Illustrated by Tom Cooke | ||
Illustrated by Tom Cooke | ||
Written by Richard Chevat Illustrated by Richard Walz | ||
Written by Randi Hacker Illustrated by Richard Walz |
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