The Sesame Street Learning Kit

Time-Life books released the Sesame Street learning Kit in 1970, and Sesame Workshop actually made a deal with Time-Life before Sesame Street was first broadcast.

This kit included five books, The Sesame Street Book & Record, and a set of ten stickers. Eventually, the books and the record were sold seperately in stores, but originally they all came together by mail.

The books featured stills and dialog from various Sesame Street segments. One thing that's unique about them is that they seemed to treat the muppets equally with the animated segments, with some of the book covers featuring animated characters instead of muppets. Another thing about these books is that they are some of the few Sesame Street books featuring Kermit the Frog, who rarely appeared in Sesame Street merchandise.

The books in this collection included:

• The Sesame Street Book of Shapes

• The Sesame Street Book of Puzzlers

• The Sesame Street Book of Letters

• The Sesame Street Book of Numbers

• The Sesame Street Book of People and Things

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