
It was also written by Stone and illustrated by Smollin, and features Grover and Elmo as the other monster at the end of the book.Ī personalized version of the book was released in 2004 by Random House purchasers could order the book with a personalized dedication page. In 2020, an animated special based on the book, The Monster at the End of This Story, premiered on HBO Max.Ī sequel, Another Monster at the End of This Book, was published in 1996. The book's style, with Grover speaking directly to the reader in comic book-style word balloons, was used in other 1970s and early 1980s Sesame books, including Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (1974), Oscar's Book (1975), Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable, Furry Old Grover? (1976), Big Bird's Red Book (1977) and Lovable Furry Old Grover's Resting Places (1984). According to an internal Children's Television Workshop newsletter, "this figure, according to publishing sources, is an all-time one-year sales record for a single book." In its first year of publication, the book, which is one of the first to star Grover, sold two million copies. To the amusement and relief of Grover, the monster at the end of the book turns out to be none other than himself, leaving the latter very embarrassed over what he has just gone through. After each page is turned, the results of the failed effort is shown, and Grover tries a new method to keep the reader from turning yet another page. He uses several methods to try and keep the reader from progressing, including tying the pages shut and cementing them together with bricks. In this book, Grover is horrified to learn that there is a monster at the end of the book and begs the reader not to finish it, so as to avoid the monster. It was written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin. The Monster at the End of This Book was published in 1971 by Golden Press.

Sesame Street The Monster at the End of This Book Celebrity Read Along
