Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum [Paperback]

Norman Stiles (Author), Daniel Wilcox (Author), Joe Mathieu (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Pictureback(R)

Illus. in color. The fuzzy Sesame Street puppet tours The Small Hall, The Carrot Room, and other unusual exhibits in a unique museum.

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"A plethora of items ... a new slapstick situation."--School Library Journal.

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Illus. in color. The fuzzy Sesame Street puppet tours The Small Hall, The Carrot Room, and other unusual exhibits in a unique museum.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (March 12, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394827074
• ISBN-13: 978-0394827070
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grover's Gravitas, December 28, 2005

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My Uncle Stu (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (Paperback)

I love Grover. Grover is a three-dimensional kid's character the likes of Linus and Charlie Brown. Elmo, on the other hand, is a two-dimension character, along the lines of a Barney or Boots. Up with Grover, down with Elmo. Elmo's incessant brightness leaves no room for the ego to breathe. When I was a kid watching Sesame Street, it was all Grover all the time. Then Elmo took over and was shoved down our throats. Marketed rather crassly for a PBS character, thank you Rosie.

But guess who's back?

Grover visits the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum, with such hallowed halls as The Things You See in the Sky Room, The Things You See on the Ground Room, and The Things That Make So Much Noise You Can't Think Room. This is a great kids book. There is humor, ranging from the slapstick of Grover bumping into doors and falling into holes to the subtle references to Camus' use of the myth of Sisyphus to critique existentialism (Grover finds a Heavy Rock in the Room of Things that are Light, and carries it up a mountain of stairs searching for the Room of Things that are Heavy. At the peak, Grover loses control and the rock rolls all the way back down to the level where he found it, crashing into the door of the Heavy room). Grover enters The Long Thin Things You Can Write With Room and finds a carrot that doesn't belong. He takes the carrot instead to The Carrot Room, which is adjacent to the All The Vegetables in the Whole Wide World Besides Carrots Room. Good funny stuff. At the end he realizes he still hasn't seen everything in the whole wide world. He finds the final door, labeled as "Everything Else," which of course is the back door. It opens up to the world.

Heavy.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT FUN, ENTERTAINMENT AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE!, September 25, 2000

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Soaring Heart - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (Paperback)

This book is a must-own! GROVER AND THE EVERYTHING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD MUSEUM should win an award! It is hard to believe one can find something this wonderful for 3 bucks!

Grover is so entertaining as we follow him through 1) THE THINGS YOU SEE IN THE SKY ROOM, 2) THE THINGS YOU SEE ON THE GROUND ROOM, 3) THE THINGS YOU SEE ON THE WALL ROOM, 4) THE THINGS YOU SEE UNDER THE WATER ROOM, 5) THE LONG THIN THINGS YOU CAN WRITE WITH ROOM, 6) THE CARROT ROOM, 7) ALL THE VEGETABLES IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD BESIDES CARROTS ROOM, 8) THINGS THAT MAKE SO MUCH NOISE YOU CAN'T THINK ROOM, 9) THE SMALL HALL, 10) THE TALL HALL, 11) THINGS THAT CAN MAKE YOU FALL HALL, 12) THE HALL OF VERY, VERY LIGHT THINGS, 13) THE HALL OF VERY, VERY HEAVY THINGS, 14) THE THINGS THAT CAN TICKLE YOU ROOM, 15) THE THINGS THAT ARE CUTE AND FURRY ROOM where Grover decides to display himself.

I know that all the above sounds like alot of reading but I'll let you in on a little secret: [whispering] it is not everything in the whole wide world! [Ha!] Grover notices this too and says "Where did they put everything else?" He comes to this giant double-door with a sign above it that of course says "EVERYTHING ELSE." "AHA!" says Grover and enters.

This is one of the best, funniest books we own that my daughter and I BOTH enjoy. There are plenty of objects for her to learn and it is great entertainment reading a book with the charming, loveable Grover in it and laughing at all of his antics! Every family should own this book! I wish more books were this funny and entertaining yet a learning experience at the same time! 10 STAR BOOK FOLKS; IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS! BUY IT!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best picture books ever!, February 19, 2005

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Matt Hetling "Matt" (Bethel, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (Paperback)

This is an extremely funny and engaging book, buoyed by the enthusiastic character of Grover and a variety of different situations that will be both instructive and humorous for a young child.

Grover is walking through the various rooms of the "Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum," and every room contains a category of objects, such as "Things so Loud that You Cannot Hear Yourself Think." In every room, the objects are neatly labeled, so this will be a great vocabulary builder for your toddler. But Grover finds himself in different situations within the museum that make each page unique, and not just a word list. There's even a room of things that tickle, which gives you the opportunity for a tickling session with your listener.

This book just flows extremely well, in my opinion, and I remember that it was a big hit in our home when I was a toddler. Along with -Oscar's Book- and -There's a Monster at the End of This Book- (which also features Grover), this is part of a trio from the Sesame Street gang that represents the pinnacle of what picture books are all about: interaction, humor, and learning.