Written by | Meg McLaughlin |
Illustrator | Tom Brannon |
Published | 2008 |
Publisher | Dalmatian Press |
ISBN | 1403750181 |
Storybook ABCs is a Sesame Street alphabet book that presents a scene from a fairy tale or nursery rhyme for each letter. Published in 2008, it features a few classic Muppet characters, including Grundgetta, Gladys the Cow, and even the retired character Lefty the Salesman.
The nursery rhymes and fairy tales included or referenced in the book are:
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
- The Three Bears
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Jack Be Nimble
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
- The Frog Prince
- Mother Goose
- Hansel and Gretel
- Old King Cole
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Little Miss Muffet
- The Nightingale
- The Three Little Pigs
- Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
- The Gingerbread Man
- The Queen of Hearts (poem)
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Rapunzel
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Cinderella
- The Princess Who Wouldn't Laugh
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
Cast[]
- Abby Cadabby, Elmo, Mama Bear, Baby Bear, Curly Bear, Goldilocks, Gladys the Cow, Grover, Lefty the Salesman, Barkley, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Rosita, Grundgetta, Prairie Dawn, Zoe, Count von Count, The Countess, Ernie, Bert, Telly Monster
Reissue[]
The book was reissued with the same cover in 2010 by Creative Edge/Dalmatian Press, ISBN 1403795212. It was also reprinted in the 2018 collection Big Book of ABCs and 123s.