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+ | The book and audio editions feature [[Caroll Spinney]] reading the book in character as Oscar. |
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+ | Image:Howtobe-bookandrecord.jpg|{{GNH|Book and record set<br>Book and tape set}}1981<br>[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]<br>BR 00001 (record)<br>BT 00001 (tape)<br>First edition cover |
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+ | Oscar talking button.jpg|{{GNH|[[Sesame Street mini book kits|Mini book kit]]}}2017<br>[[Running Press]]<br>packaged with an Oscar the Grouch talking button |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[Category:Sesame Street Books]] |
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[[Category:Little Golden Books]] |
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[[Category:Grouch Culture]] |
[[Category:Grouch Culture]] |
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Revision as of 14:45, 8 January 2019
Written by | Caroll Spinney alias Oscar the Grouch |
Illustrator | Caroll Spinney |
Published | 1976 |
Publisher | Western Publishing |
Series | A Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book |
ISBN | B001OQ7HP0 |
How to Be a Grouch is a 1976 Sesame Street storybook written and illustrated by Caroll Spinney, the performer of Oscar the Grouch. In the book, Oscar explains all of his Grouchy secrets.
An on-screen storybook of the book appears a bonus feature on the 2012 DVD set Old School: Volume 3, read by Spinney in Oscar's voice.
In the book, Oscar mentions several relatives:
Other editions
The book and audio editions feature Caroll Spinney reading the book in character as Oscar.