The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook

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Written by	Emily Perl Kingsley, Jeffrey Moss, Norman Stiles and Daniel Wilcox
Illustrator	Joseph Mathieu, Kelly Oechsli, Mel Crawford and Bob Taylor
Published	1973
Publisher	Random House
Series	Sesame Street Storybooks
ISBN	0-394-82694-3

The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook contains 10 short stories, each one about a different number.

Contents 1 Stories 2 Interstitials 3 Artist Credits 4 Characters 5 Translations 6 See also

Stories

1. "Bert's Bath": Ernie wants Bert to go play football with him, but Bert wants to take a bath. Ernie keeps adding things to Bert's tub until there is no room left. Since Bert can no longer take a bath he invites him to go play football instead.
2. Sherlock Hemlock in "The Mysterious Stranger"
3. "The Monster's Three Wishes"
4. "Oscar and the Number Four"
5. "Sam Shows Big Bird Five"
6. "Six Monsters in the Restaurant"
7. "Goldie-Snuffle and the Seven Bears"
8. "King Hungry the Eighth"
9. "The Story of the Nine Dragons"
10. "Grover Buys Ten Balloons"

The stories were later reprinted in The Sesame Street Library.

Interstitials

Each story is followed by a full page illustration of the Count counting various items and inviting the reader to do likewise. For example, after the first story, The Count rides and counts one horse.

Artist Credits

Joe Mathieu: "Six Monsters in the Restaurant", "The Story of the Nine Dragons", Count von Count intro pages

Kelly Oechsli: "The Monster's Three Wishes", "King Hungry the Eighth"

Mel Crawford: "Bert's Bath", "Oscar and the Number Four", 2-page illustration for endpapers

Bob Taylor: "Sherlock Hemlock in The Mysterious Stranger", "Sam Shows Big Bird Five", "Goldie-Snuffle and the Seven Bears", "Grover Buys Ten Balloons"

Characters

Bert, Betty Lou, Big Bird, The Busby Twins, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Ernie, Farley, Frazzle, The Genie, Grover, Guy Smiley, Herry Monster, Little Bird, The Mudman, Oscar the Grouch, Roosevelt Franklin, Sam the Robot, Sherlock Hemlock, and Mr. Snuffleupagus.

Translations

Räkna med SesamSweden,1975 Translation:Berit Skogsberg

See also

Sesame Street Storybooks
[1971] - The Sesame Street Storybook [1972] - Gordon of Sesame Street Storybook [1973] - The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook [1974] - The Sesame Street ABC Storybook [1975] - The Sesame Street Book of Fairy Tales [1975] - Big Bird's Busy Book [1978] - The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook [1979] - Cookie Monster's Storybook