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Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street
Sesame Street A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street Author:Louise Gikow In a book as lively, energetic, and appealing as the television show it chronicles, readers are treated to an inside look at every aspect of Sesame Street. Beginning with the initial idea for the show and the creation of the pilot episode and moving through its evolution over four decades, Sesame Street provides an insider's view o... more »f all of the delightful Muppet and human characters, as well as the writers, directors, producers, and all the other creative people who continue to make learning fun for generations of kids.
Step behind the scenes and learn how the Muppets are built, how they move, how they speak, and what they think and feel. Did you ever wonder what Big Bird looked like in the first season of the show? Would you like to see the puppeteers behind (and under!) the set performing their roles? How about a picture of Bert being built? All of that and more, including facsimiles of one of the show's pioneering scripts and some of Jim Henson's original sketches, are included in this revelatory and adoring celebration. The hundreds of photographs? both in front of and behind the camera?come directly from the archives of the Sesame Workshop. Many of them have never before been published.
For all who lovingly remember learning the alphabet and numbers from Sesame Street, for parents and grandparents of today's Sesame Street kids, and for avid fans and collectors of everything Sesame, this gorgeous book makes a gift to be treasured.« less