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− | [[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. |
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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. |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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+ | *Grover |
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− | : [[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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+ | 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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+ | File:noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Grover gaat naar school}}[[Netherlands]], 1988<br/>Weton Wesgram<br/>BM-18026 |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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− | [[Sesame Street |
+ | *[[Sesame Street book and audio sets discography]] |
+ | *[[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__ |
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[[Category:Sesame Street Start-to-Read Books]] |
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Revision as of 14:45, 8 January 2019
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
- Sesame Street book and audio sets discography
- Sesamstraat Book and Audio Sets Discography
- Grover Gaat Naar School, a Dutch album containing this and five other Sesamstraat stories.