Joe Mathieu

Joe Mathieu is an artist who has provided illustrations for Sesame Street books and merchandise since 1972, one year after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Some notable titles include Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree, The Ernie & Bert Book and The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover which was adapted into a video storybook. He also provided artwork for the adaptation of Sesame Street episode 1839 published as I'll Miss You, Mr. Hooper and the 1978 special Christmas Eve on Sesame Street''.

His most extensive contributions have been to The Sesame Street Dictionary in 1980, and hundreds of features and covers for Sesame Street Magazine over the years. The dictionary features illustrations for 1,300 words over the coure of 250 pages. When the book was redistributed in volume form, Mathieu provided additional artwork for that as well. It has been printed in a Dutch translation and was reissued in English in 2004.

Perhaps most visible in Sesame Street’s publishing history, is Mathieu's bookend illustrations for titled series. These include The Sesame Street Library (for which he also provided covers), The Sesame Street Treasury, and Sesame Street Start-to-Read.

He has also illustrated other Sesame Street merchandise, such as the lyrics posters for Sing Yourself Silly! and Monster Hits, Sesame Street Live program booklets, and a 1983 collectible Christmas plate made by Gorham.

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