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{{book|image=Book.welcomehomebb.jpg|writer=[[Emily Perl Kingsley]]|illustrator=[[Tom Cooke]]|date=[[1985]]|publisher=[[Western Publishing|Golden Press]]|series=[[:Category:Sesame Street Book Club|Sesame Street Book Club]]|isbn=0307137813}}
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{{book|writer=[[Emily Perl Kingsley]]|illustrator=[[Tom Cooke]]|date=[[1985]]|publisher=[[Western Publishing|Golden Press]]|series=[[:Category:Sesame Street Book Club|Sesame Street Book Club]]|isbn=0307137813}}
  
   
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'''''Welcome Home, Big Bird''''' is a storybook based on ''[[Follow That Bird]]''.
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'''''Welcome Home, Big Bird''''' is a 1985 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' storybook based on ''[[Follow That Bird]]''.
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After being gone for two weeks, the cast gets a postcard from [[Big Bird]], informing them that he's coming home this afternoon. [[Forgetful Jones]] suggests that they plan a welcome home party for Big Bird. However, Big Bird comes home early, sees his friends (who don't notice that Big Bird is back) planning a party, and thinks it is for a new bird on the street, feeling that they have forgotten about him.
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==Reissues==
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The book was reissued in 1992 by [[Reader's Digest]].
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Image:WelcomeHomeBigBird1992Reissue.jpg|1992 [[Reader's Digest]] reissue
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==Characters==
  
==Characters==
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:[[Big Bird]], [[David]], [[Forgetful Jones]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Grover]], [[Oscar the Grouch]]
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:[[Big Bird]], [[David]], [[Bert]], [[Ernie]], [[Forgetful Jones]], [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]], [[Grover]], [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Grundgetta]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Betty Lou]], [[Honkers]], [[Count von Count]], [[Herry Monster]]
   
 
==See also==
  
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*[[Big Bird's Day on the Farm]]
  
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*[[Count All the Way to Sesame Street]]
  
*[[Count All the Way to Sesame Street]]
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Revision as of 21:51, 11 July 2014

Book.welcomehomebb
Written by Emily Perl Kingsley
Illustrator Tom Cooke
Published 1985
Publisher Golden Press
Series Sesame Street Book Club
ISBN 0307137813

Welcome Home, Big Bird is a 1985 Sesame Street storybook based on Follow That Bird.

After being gone for two weeks, the cast gets a postcard from Big Bird, informing them that he's coming home this afternoon. Forgetful Jones suggests that they plan a welcome home party for Big Bird. However, Big Bird comes home early, sees his friends (who don't notice that Big Bird is back) planning a party, and thinks it is for a new bird on the street, feeling that they have forgotten about him.

Reissues

The book was reissued in 1992 by Reader's Digest.

Characters

Big Bird, David, Bert, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Grover, Prairie Dawn, Oscar the Grouch, Grundgetta, Cookie Monster, Betty Lou, Honkers, Count von Count, Herry Monster

See also

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