Farmer Grover is Grover's farmyard alter ego. He is not a presence on Sesame Street in the way that Super Grover and Marshal Grover are -- but he has been a regular subject for books and other spin-off merchandise.
Appearances
Picture | Theme / Appearance | Description | |
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Fire Episode 0348 |
Kermit smells smoke. An Anything Muppet girl tells him that there's a fire "over there," and Kermit screams for the fireman. Grover comes along wearing a white coat and a stethoscope; then carrying a pitchfork, and talking about his cows, chickens and the barn. Kermit reminds him that a fireman puts out fires. When Grover finally arrives with a hose, they discover that the fire is coming from the girl toasting marshmallows over a small campfire. | ||
Horse and cart Episode 0590 |
Kermit and Fred the Wonder Horse teach Farmer Grover how to put a horse and cart together.
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Missing Hat Episode 5224 |
Elmo and Tango go on a walk where they meet Farmer Grover. Grover demonstrates that his straw hat is what makes him a farmer, but a second after he places it down, it disappears. | ||
The Pie Caper Episode 5226 |
Grover harvests peppers during a missing pie investigation. Here, he helps Elmo and Abby figure out who ate their apple pie by describing the shadow of the culprit. | ||
Chickens on the Farm Episode 5228 |
Grover, a self-proclaimed eggspert, tries many different methods to get a chicken to lay an egg. |
Book appearances

- Farmer Grover (1977)
- Grover's Favorite Color (1977)
- The Sesame Street Riddle Book (1977)
- What Ernie and Bert Did on Their Summer Vacation (1977)
- The Sesame Street Mix or Match Storybook (1977)
- Down on the Farm with Grover (1980)
- The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
- Big Bird's Book of Rhymes (1985)
- Grover's Book of Colors (1985)
- Through the Year (1986)
- Colors (1987)
- Shape Up! (1987)
- The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words (1988)
- Sticker Fun: Colors (1989)
- ABC (1996)
- Rise and Shine! (1996; reworked as Up, Up, Up! in 2011)
- Grover's Farm (2001)
- Sesame Street Train Station (2001)
- Old MacGrover's Silly Farm (2002)
- Elmo's World Super Sticker Book (2007)
- My First Trip to the Farm (2007)
- Elmo Animal Mix & Match (2008)
- Let's Help the Earth (2008)
Merchandise
Farmer Grover puzzle
Milton Bradley, 1976
Milton Bradley, 1976
Farmer Grover music box
Gorham, 1977
Gorham, 1977
Farmer Grover frame-tray puzzle
Western Publishing, 1983
Western Publishing, 1983
Farmer Grover is also included in the Sesame Street Express Train Play Set, made by Knickerbocker in 1976, and in the Sesame Street trading cards made by Idolmaker in 1992.