Little Bird

Little Bird first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 1, and was often used as a foil to Big Bird, due to their contrasting sizes. Little Bird was a refurbished version of the Kenner Gooney Bird.

Although Little Bird has often been referred to as a "she" because of her female performer, the character appears on the Grin and Giggle with Big Bird LP with Big Bird in a song called "Mr. Big Bird, Mr. Little Bird."

Although Little Bird appeared on Sesame Street most often during the 1970s, the character continued to appear frequently in books throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Little Bird appeared in The Baker Film for "One". Little Bird also made a few cameo appearances during the 1980s and 1990s. On-screen appearances include a brief fly-by in the song "Do Op Hop," sat at Birdland in "The Birdland Jump," and sang a line and appeared in "We Are All Earthlings". Little Bird's most recent appearance was in a 1999 Sesame Street group shot photo.

Jim Henson performed Little Bird in at least two sketches from the first season: a sketch in which he meets Big Bird, and the game show Pick Your Pet.

Little Bird's birthday is December 17th.

In 2003, he was immortalized in toy form in the first series of Medicom Sesame Street Kubricks.

On Sesamstrasse, his name is Klein Bibo, "klein" being German for "little", and "Bibo" referring to the translated name for Big Bird. In Sesame Street books that are translated to Dutch, his name is Pinorino, referring to Pino from Sesamstraat. Arthur on Sesame Street Japan is similar in design to Little Bird.

Book Appearances

 * The Together Book (1971)
 * The Sesame Street Storybook (1972)
 * The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook (1973)
 * The Sesame Street ABC Storybook (1974)
 * Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
 * Big Bird and Little Bird's Big & Little Book (1977)
 * The Sesame Street Cookbook (1978)
 * Fix It, Please (1980)
 * The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
 * A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
 * I Have a Friend (1981)
 * The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites (1981)
 * Big and Little Stories (1982)
 * Nobody Cares About Me! (1983)
 * I Think That It Is Wonderful (1984)
 * Big Bird's Busy Day (1987)
 * I Can't Wait Until Christmas (1989)
 * Bert's Beautiful Sights (1990)
 * The Treasure Hunt (1990)
 * Hide-and-Seek with Big Bird (1991)
 * Sleep Tight! (1991)
 * We're Different, We're the Same (1992)
 * From Trash to Treasure (1993)
 * Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book (1996)
 * Elmo Can... Quack Like a Duck (1997)
 * Rise and Shine! (1999)