The Children’s Lit/Sesame Street Connection
Sesame Street. One of the most beloved children’s television programs of all time has children’s literature ties.
Here’s a sampling of children’s book illustrators who have done some work beside the big yellow bird.
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Mo Willems
Christian Robinson
Bob Boyle
William Wegman
Maurice Sendak
Etienne Delessert
Christopher Cerf
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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Laura Purdie Salas says
What a cool roundup! I knew about Mo Willems and William Wegman, but not the others. I was sad when our daughters outgrew SS (even though, to my mind, you never really outgrow such a smart, creative show).
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Would love to know what kids today make of the rotary phone, in a booth no less!
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Iris says
I grew up watching Sesame Street. It was a very wonderful show. I learned many many things from there. It inspired me to write my own children’s book (which I have not yet finished anyway. I think Sesame Street is a classic that the children of today can learn from.