Welcome Home, Big Bird

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 storybook based on Follow That Bird.

Plot

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 aparty, and thinks it is for a new bird on the street, feeling that they have forgotten about him.

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

• Big Bird Visits the Dodos
• Big Bird Joins the Carnival
• Big Bird's Day on the Farm
• Count All the Way to Sesame Street
• Big Bird Books