Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (Sesame Street) (Beginner Books(R)) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Eleanor Hudson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 24, 1997 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Beginner Books(R)

Random House is pleased to welcome Sesame Street® to the distinguished ranks of Beginner Books®. It's up, up, and away for Elmo! Follow the fun as Elmo's high-flying kite takes him from the park to adventures in the deepest darkest jungle, to the muckiest swamp, clear up to Mars as he tries to find his way back home to Sesame Street.  

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Random House is pleased to welcome Sesame Street® to the distinguished ranks of Beginner Books®. It's up, up, and away for Elmo! Follow the fun as Elmo's high-flying kite takes him from the park to adventures in the deepest darkest jungle, to the muckiest swamp, clear up to Mars as he tries to find his way back home to Sesame Street.  

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (June 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679881573
• ISBN-13: 978-0679881575
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elmo's Wonderful Trip Back to Sesame Street, March 8, 2001

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This review is from: Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (Sesame Street) (Beginner Books(R)) (Hardcover)

If you are like me, you'll be humming the theme song of Sesame Street to yourself as you read this book. The book provides a remarkable set of images about finding Sesame Street that will be conjured up every time you hear the theme song. The story provides great support for the fun of books, and trusting to your purpose despite apparent hurdles to overcome. As such, it will be an important contribution to your library of beginning reader books. The book's fine illustrations help reinforce the words in the story, to make learning to read easier, and to make the story more fun to read.

The book opens with Elmo surrounded by books.

"Elmo likes books."

"Fat books. Funny books. Bat books. Bunny books. Bear-in-the-chair books. Kite-in-the-air books."

With this beginning, the story quickly takes Elmo on a wonderful kite adventure. I liked this approach very much because it shows how books can be the launching pad for many interesting thoughts and experiences. Further, you can use your imagination to build on what's in the books. The bulk of the story then involves what happens when Elmo's kite pulls him off the ground and into the air. How will he get back to Sesame Street?

By suggesting that this could be a pretend adventure, it also takes the potential fright out of the story for many children. If your child is easily upset by danger, you may want to wait until she or he can be more objective before introducing this story.

In the course of the adventure, many strange and unexpected things occur. But Elmo is always flexible and imaginative. As a result, the results of challenges turn out well. You can use this story as a metaphor for how life tends to be in talking with your child. We all have to realize that the unexpected is usually just around the corner.

After you have read the book several times, encourage your child to read the repeated words like "books" aloud when they appear. This will help with decoding words and letters. Like many excellent beginning readers, this book features lots of that valuable repetition. There are a number of situations where only one letter is different (as in "there" and "where"). When your child is ready, help him or her to differentiate between them and to then read the two aloud to you when they appear in the story.

Build reading skill through repetition within the context of an interesting and entertaining story like this one!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elmo and the Kite!, December 16, 2004

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This review is from: Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (Sesame Street) (Beginner Books(R)) (Hardcover)

This adorable learning book opens with Elmo surrounded by many books and we read one statement on the first page.
"Elmo likes books."
He then goes on to tell us what kind of books he likes,
"Fat books. Funny books. Bat books. Bunny books. Bear-in-the-chair books. Kite-in-the-air books."
This is great, as it shows children books are wonderful and since Elmo likes books, just maybe they should like them as well. Good beginning.

Elmo decides to go fly a kite, but when the kite takes him up in the air, the adventure begins. How will he get back to Sesame Street? Elmo looks up and down and what does he see? Finally Elmo lands in the back of the truck and meets many wonderful characters, and shows his imagination in the events that follow on his journey back to Sesame Street.
Great illustrations and an adventerous read.One your children will enjoy over and over again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect book for my 30-month old nephew, March 23, 2008

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This review is from: Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (Sesame Street) (Beginner Books(R)) (Hardcover)

gave this book to my 30-month old nephew, and he had me read it to him at least 7 times the first day. he absolutely loves this book, and will not look at other books while this is in his view.