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{{book|image=GroverGoesToSchoolSoftback.jpg|writer=[[Dan Elliott]]|illustrator=[[Normand Chartier]]|date=[[1982]]|publisher=[[Western Publishing]]|series=[[Sesame Street Start-to-Read]]|pages=|isbn=0394851765}}
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{{book|writer=[[Dan Elliott]]|illustrator=[[Normand Chartier]]|date=[[1982]]|publisher=[[Random House]]|series=[[Sesame Street Start-to-Read]]|isbn=0679823972}}
 
[[Grover]] is really excited about his first day of school. He brings his jacks and a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. But nobody wants to play jacks with him, and Grover reluctantly trades his sandwich to another kid for a sandwich he hates... baloney! Eventually, Molly extricates Grover from his sad situation.
 
   
''Grover Goes to School'' was also released as a [[:Category:Book and Audio|Book-and-Record]] set (BR-00011), and as a Book-and-Tape set (BT-00011).
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'''''Grover Goes to School''''' is a 1982 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' storybook featuring [[Grover]].
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Grover is really excited about his first day of school in [[Mister Lester|Mister Lester's]] class. He brings his jacks, a new pencil box and a new box of crayons, and [[Grover's Mommy|his mommy]] packs him a jelly sandwich for lunch. Unfortunately, nobody wants to play jacks with Grover, he does not get a cookie during snack time, he winds up trading his new crayons for a broken toy truck, he does not like jump rope at recess, and for the worst part, he reluctantly trades his sandwich to Truman for a sandwich he hates: baloney.
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When Grover starts to cry, a nice little girl in Grover's class named Molly extricates him from his sad situation. Then when asked by Bill to trade pencil boxes, Grover said that he likes his better and Bill agreed and wasn't mad. Grover asked Bill if he likes jacks. Bill said it's his favorite game. After school, Grover, Molly and Bill played jacks and Grover ran home and told his mother that he made two new friends in one day.
   
 
==Characters==
 
==Characters==
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*Grover
: [[Grover]], [[Grover's Mommy]], Mr. Lester, Truman, Jill, Molly, and Bill
 
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*Grover's Mother
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*Mister Lester
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*Truman
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*Jill
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*Molly
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*Bill
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==Reissues==
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<gallery widths=170 heights=170>
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Image:GroverGoesToSchoolHardback.jpg|Random House<br>1983<br>ISBN 0679823972
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</gallery>
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==Book and audio editions==
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The read-along edition features [[Frank Oz]] voicing Grover, Truman and Jill and [[Fran Brill]] voicing Grover's mommy.
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<gallery>
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Image:Book.groverschool.jpg|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1983<br>[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]<br>BR 00011 (record)<br>BT 00011 (tape)<br>First edition cover
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Image:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1983<br>Sesame Street Records<br>BR 00011 (record)<br>BT 00011 (tape)<br>Second edition cover
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File:FPGroverGoestoSchoolBRSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and record set}}[[Fisher-Price]]<br>FP 139
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File:FPBTSetGroverGoesSchool.jpg|{{GNH|Book and tape set}}Fisher-Price<br>FP 084
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File:GoldenGroverGoesToSchoolBTSet.jpg|{{GNH|Book and tape set}}1986<br>[[Western Publishing|Golden Press]]<br>13924
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</gallery>
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==Translated book and audio sets==
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<gallery>
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File:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Grover gaat naar school}}[[Netherlands]], 1988<br/>Weton Wesgram<br/>BM-18026
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</gallery>
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
[[Sesame Street Book and Record Sets Discography]]
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*[[Sesame Street book and audio sets discography]]
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*[[Sesamstraat Book and Audio Sets Discography]]
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*''[[Grover Gaat Naar School]]'', a Dutch album containing this and five other Sesamstraat stories.
   
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__NOWYSIWYG__
[[Category:Book and Audio]]
 
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Books]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Books]]
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[[Category:Grover Books]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Start-to-Read Books]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Start-to-Read Books]]
 
[[Category:Book and Audio]]
 
[[Category:School]]
 
[[Category:School]]

Revision as of 14:45, 8 January 2019

GroverGoesToSchoolSoftback
Written by Dan Elliott
Illustrator Normand Chartier
Published 1982
Publisher Western Publishing
Series Sesame Street Start-to-Read
ISBN 0394851765

Grover Goes to School is a 1982 Sesame Street storybook featuring Grover.

Grover is really excited about his first day of school in Mister Lester's class. He brings his jacks, a new pencil box and a new box of crayons, and his mommy packs him a jelly sandwich for lunch. Unfortunately, nobody wants to play jacks with Grover, he does not get a cookie during snack time, he winds up trading his new crayons for a broken toy truck, he does not like jump rope at recess, and for the worst part, he reluctantly trades his sandwich to Truman for a sandwich he hates: baloney. When Grover starts to cry, a nice little girl in Grover's class named Molly extricates him from his sad situation. Then when asked by Bill to trade pencil boxes, Grover said that he likes his better and Bill agreed and wasn't mad. Grover asked Bill if he likes jacks. Bill said it's his favorite game. After school, Grover, Molly and Bill played jacks and Grover ran home and told his mother that he made two new friends in one day.

Characters

  • Grover
  • Grover's Mother
  • Mister Lester
  • Truman
  • Jill
  • Molly
  • Bill

Reissues

Book and audio editions

The read-along edition features Frank Oz voicing Grover, Truman and Jill and Fran Brill voicing Grover's mommy.

Translated book and audio sets

See also