Getting to Sesame Street



Getting to Sesame Street: Origins of the Children's Television Workshop is a history of the creation of Sesame Street, focusing primarily on the research and funding behind the Children's Television Workshop. Most of the book's narrative focuses on the period before the launch of the show; the show's premiere is described in the last chapter.

The cover illustration features Big Bird's leg, but there is no mention of Jim Henson or the Muppets in the index.

Contents

 * 1) The Initial Planning: Television and the Preschooler
 * 2) The Feasibility Study: What Should Television Try to Teach?
 * 3) Further Planning: Developing an Educational Program Children Would Like
 * 4) The Proposal: Using Television to Reach a Forgotten Audience
 * 5) Funding and Organization: Securing Enough Money and Autonomy
 * 6) Final Preparations and the Formal Announcement: On the Way to Sesame Street
 * 7) The Summer Seminars and the Goals Statement: Refining Educational Objectives
 * 8) The Success of Sesame Street: Planning, Talent, Money, Timing

Appendices
 * Appendix 1. Funding of Children's Television Workshop, 1968-1970
 * Appendix 2. Some Major Figures Referred to in the Study
 * Appendix 3. Time Chart of Development of the Children's Television Workshop, 1966-1970