The Sesame Street Dictionary

Written by	Linda Hayward
Illustrator	Joe Mathieu
Published	1980
Publisher	Random House
ISBN	0394840070

2004 reissue

The Sesame Street Dictionary is a collection of more than 1,300 words and definitions. Each word is illustrated with a Sesame Street cartoon by artist Joe Mathieu. With 250 pages and an average of six different illustrations per page, the Dictionary is packed with Sesame comedy.

One of Mathieu's hallmarks is his sincere appreciation for the Sesame characters. The Dictionary is faithful to the show's style and spirit. It features dozens of Sesame characters, including some that are rarely seen.

Some of the rare characters are:

• Bartholomew Bird, Big Bird's poor cousin
• Bernice the Pigeon, Bert's favorite pigeon
• The Busby Twins, two identical twin Anything Muppets
• Connie the Witch, one of the Muppet Witches
• Fatatatita, the Count's cat
• Grover Knover, Grover's motorcycle-riding daredevil alter ego
• Oswaldo the Grouch, the brown grouch from Puerto Rico
• Pamela Monster, a light purple monster with a single tooth protruding from her lower jaw
• Robin the Frog, who's pictured in the "Frog" definition, sitting on a lily pad and looking at an autographed picture of his famous uncle Kermit
• Uncle Uno, the Count's uncle

The entire list of characters is:

The Amazing Mumford, Baby Breeze, Bad Bart, Barkley, Bartholomew Bird, Bernice the Pigeon, Bert, Betty Lou, Biff, Big Bad Wolf, Big Bird, The Busby Twins, The City Mouse, Connie the Witch, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, The Country Mouse, Don Music, Ernie, Farley, Farmer Grover, Fatatatita, Frazzle, Fred the Wonder Horse, Granny Bird, Granny Fanny Nesselrode, Grover, Grover Knover, Grover's Mommy, Guy Smiley, Hard Head Henry Harris, The Hare, Herbert Birdsfoot, Herry Monster, Kermit the Frog, Lasso Louise, Lefty, Little Bird, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, Little Jerry and the Monotones, Little Pig, Marshal Grover, Maurice Monster, Mr. Chatterly, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Johnson, The Mudman, Oscar the Grouch, Oswaldo the Grouch, Pamela Monster, Prairie Dawn, Prince Charming, Robin the Frog, Rodeo Rosie, Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Rubber Duckie, Sam the Robot, Sammy the Snake, Sherlock Hemlock, Slimey the Worm, Smart Tina, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Sully, Super Grover, Tessie Twiddlebug, Thomas Twiddlebug, The Tortoise, Twiddlebugs, Uncle Uno, Waiter Grover, Witches