Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book with Lovable, Furry Old Grover?

by Jon Stone, Michael J. Smollin (Illustrator)

Illus. in full color. Engage kids in funny dialogue with Grover in this book just right for story-hour.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Classics

31 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Stone graduated from Williams College in 1952. He received a master's degree from the Yale University School of Drama in 1955, at which time he joined a CBS training program. Before helping to create Sesame Street, he worked on the popular children's television show Captain Kangaroo for CBS. He also worked on several other Muppet projects before and during his time on Sesame Street, and was the author of several books including the popular "The Monster at the End of this Book". He was married for 9 years to actress Beverly Owen.

Stone was Sesame Street's principal director until 1996. Working with Jim Henson, he helped to create many of the Muppet characters, including Big Bird and Cookie Monster. He was also responsible for the show's format and setting. Stone contributed occasional announcer voices (such as the soap opera promo spoof "School in the Afternoon"), and served similar duty on two Muppet Meeting Films. In April 1990, Stone hosted and directed a television special titled Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music. The special was created as a tribute to Joe Raposo, who passed away from lymphoma in February 1989.

Jon Stone died of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease on March 30th, 1997. In his New York Times obituary, Joan Ganz Cooney describes Stone as "probably the most brilliant writer of children's television material in America."

Reviews

[A. Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

I believe that the Sesame Street books are usually well written and this one was no exceptions. They are not really, READ Out Loud type... as much as perhaps reading with a single child at night, before bed.
This one made me smile.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet again, another fantastic read aloud!

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun one that isn't maybe quite as good as Monster at the End of This Book, but you can't blame it for that. It's well-done in the same interactive format that plays with the fourth wall, and the end is "aww" heartwarming.

[Sasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love "The Monster At the End of This Book", you'll adore this companion volume, in which Grover is back with more hijinks. It's basically the "I Spy" series, Sesame-style. So cute! The big pink stenciled letters reminds me of the graffiti in the old TV show "Clarissa Explains It All". Gosh, my 90s is showing.

[Audra PC · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book as a child and thankful to share my love of this story with my kids during our family reading time. They laughed and loved to read and act out the scenes as much as I do. Great for our bonding time

[Rayyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will give this A one hundred out of one hundred. He was trying to hide, but we were looking at him the whole time. He was showing his butt at the end, his name was grover.And he looked like a monster. He said he thought that I said no. He thought that I didn't see him but I did.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone needs a little bit of Grover sometimes. Today I did. Thank you, Little Free Library at the Pomegranate Cafe in Phoenix, Arizona for providing me with this nostalgic gem!

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent for five year olds who will want it read it over and over and over again!

[Jude · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd recommend "The Monster at the End of This Book" before I suggest you read this one. The other is more enjoyable, in my opinion.

[Konner Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for a low level 1st grader or high level kindergartner

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a little bit of fun, and interactive with the reader, I think from 3 to 5 this is a good read.

[Alicia Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grover wants to play hide and seek with you and he's going to hide. He tries hiding everywhere, but hiding in a white book when you're bright blue can be difficult. This book is just plain fun and very cute. It also has an ending that would be an entertaining way to talk to kids about manners and lying, depending on how the parent or guardian wants to interpret the ending.

Possible red flags: promotes falsehoods; anxiety.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grover was always one of my favorite Sesame Street characters. In this very silly book, lovable, furry old Grover tries to hide from you within the pages while you (or your child) count to ten before trying to find him, a great book for young children!

[HeavyReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is right up there with Grover's There's a Monster at the End of This Book. That one's awesome, and this one is too.

I like the way (if the read aloud person does his/her job right) the person listening to the story gets to interact with Grover. FUN!

[Elizabeth S · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of fun to read with an engaged preschooler or toddler. Almost as wonderful as The Monster at the End of this Book.

[Marilyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

1987 Rebecca taught me to love Grover. She was not even a year old and brought this book with her. I read it to her. After I finished each page, she closed the book to look at the front cover again. It was a very unusual way to read a book but so much fun.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

From my personal library...this is a great interactive bedtime story. Abby didn't want to count to 10, though, to give Grover a chance to hide...so we haven't finished it yet :-)

[Taylor Van Ness · Rating 5 out of 5]

BEST BOOK EVER.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great Jon Stone grover book. I love how meta these are, and the comic-style illustrations.

[Darinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read: paperback (owned)

Grover is my favorite. I went through a phase of collecting all the Grover books I could find. This is one of them. And, this is one of my favorite Grover books!

[Jobiska (Cindy) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ol' Grover, he always delivers.

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

5 stars for childhood love
3 stars for greatness, lol
5yo loves it and happily counts to 10 about a dozen times each reading

[Fiona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute for my 3.5 year old son! He loves it.

[Mikey Golczynski]

On par with The Monster At The End of this Book. I loved this when I was young.

[Annora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute

I had this book as a child. Reading it again was like opening up a piece of my childhood. It's sweet and clever and funny!