Before the days of Reading Rainbow, there were real children's books featured (and read) on Sesame Street, starting in the first season and continuing occasionally in subsequent seasons.
Stories[]
- Where the Wild Things Are (Test Show 1) (1963)
- What Kind of Feet Does a Bear Have? (Test Show 4) (1963)
- Gwendolyn the Miracle Hen (Episode 0002) (1961)
- Stevie (Episode 0004) (1969)
- If I Were A Mother... (Episode 0005, Episode 0044) (1968)
- Look At Me (Episode 0006, Episode 0084) (1967)
- At Night (Episode 0007, Episode 0045) (1967)
- Sam (Episode 0009, Episode 0072) (1967)
- One, Two, Where's My Shoe? (Episode 0011) (1964)
- Swimmy (Episode 0013, Episode 0050) (1963)
- Whistle for Willie (Episode 0014, Episode 0096) (1964)
- My Little Brother (Episode 0015) (1963)
- Goggles! (Episode 0016, Episode 0087) (1969)
- Tom in the Middle (Episode 0018) (1968)
- Who Will Wake Up Spring? (Episode 0020, Episode 0118) (1967)
- 5A and 7B (Episode 0021, Episode 0082) (1967)
- ABC of Cars and Trucks (Episode 0022) (1956)
- The Circus Baby (Episode 0023) (1950)
- Peter's Chair (Episode 0024, Episode 0110, Episode 2660) (1967)
- Maybe a Monster (Episode 0025, Episode 0074, Episode 0124) (1968)
- Ask Mr. Bear (Episode 0027) (1932)
- Play With Me (Episode 0029, Episode 3280) (1955)
- What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Episode 0030) (1958)
- Clyde of Africa (Episode 0031) (1963)
- Where Are the Mothers? (Episode 0033) (1959)
- If I Had... (Episode 0035) (1968)
- I'll Fix Anthony (Episode 0036) (1969)
- Tony and the Toll Collector (Episode 0037) (1962) (Episode: 1969)
- Will I Have a Friend? (Episode 0040, Episode 0079) (1967)
- My Friend John (Episode 0042) (1968)
- I Have a Tree (Episode 0043, Episode 0077) (1969)
- Katie Goes to Camp (Episode 0049) (1969)
- The Story Grandmother Told (Episode 0054) (1969)
- What Do I Do? (Episode 0055) (1969)
- Dandelion (Episode 0056) (1964) (Episode: 1969)
- Cluck, the Captain's Chicken (Episode 0060) (1966)
- What is Your Favorite Thing to Touch? (Episode 0062) (1965)
- City in the Summer (Episode 0064) (1969)
- Dear Uncle Carlos... (Episode 0066) (1969)
- Go Away, Dog (Episode 0068) (1963)
- Chicken Little Count-to-ten (Episode 0089) (1946)
- The Snowy Day (Episode 0091, Episode 3332) (1962)
- Birthday Presents (Episode 0093) (1967)
- The Cat Who Thought He Was a Tiger (Episode 0098) (1956)
- Six Foolish Fishermen (Episode 0100) (1957)
- Corduroy (Episode 0102) (1968)
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Episode 0105) (1969)
- A Kiss for Little Bear illustrated by Maurice Sendak (Episode 0112) (1968)
- Moving Day for Manuel (Episode 0114) (1969)
- Chicken Soup with Rice (Episode 0120) (1962)
- Welcome Roberto (Episode 0122) (1969)
- I Am a Hunter (Episode 0127, Episode 0136) (1969)
- Mommies at Work (Episode 0134) (1961)
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Episode 0139) (1966)
- Some of the Days of Everett Anderson (Episode 0143) (1970)
- Once a Mouse (Episode 0149) (1961)
- The Little Engine That Could (Episode 0153) (1930)
- The Monkey and the Crocodile (Episode 0157) (1969)
- Boy, Was I Mad (Episode 0337) (1969)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Episode 2463, Episode 3087) (1969)
- What's Claude Doing? (Episode 2590) (1984)
- Goodnight Moon (Episode 2544, Episode 2625) (1947)
- Big Red Barn (Episode 2620) (1954)
- Black Feelings, Black Talk, Black Judgment (Episode 2820) (1975)
- Gilberto and the Wind (Episode 2821) (1963)
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Episode 2960) (1960)
- Pat the Bunny (Episode 2982) (1940)
- I am a Bunny (Episode 3153) (1963)
- The Very Busy Spider (Episode 3212) (1984)
- The Very Quiet Cricket (Episode 3267) (1990)
- The Little Red Hen (Episode 3354) (1993)
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Episode 3504) (1989)
- Five Little Ducks (Episode 3517) (1989)
- My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Episode 5210) (2013)
Other[]
- Elmo and Maria (Sonia Manzano) read Stretch at the 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll (YouTube)
- Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Gordon (Roscoe Orman) read The Monster at the End of This Book at the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll (YouTube)
- Abby Cadabby and Gordon (Roscoe Orman) read I Want to Be President at the 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll (YouTube)
- Abby Cadabby and Michelle Obama read A Visit from St. Nicholas at the 2013 National Christmas Tree Lighting (YouTube)
- Cookie Monster and Alan (Alan Muraoka) read Just One You! at the 2015 White House Easter Egg Roll (YouTube)
- Abby Cadabby and Alan (Alan Muraoka) read The Bunny Hop at the 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll (YouTube)
- Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Gordon (Roscoe Orman) read We're Different, We're the Same in a 2018 web video (YouTube)
- Abby Cadabby and Gordon (Roscoe Orman) read Uni the Unicorn in a 2018 web video (YouTube)
- Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Luis (Emilio Delgado) read We're All Wonders in a 2018 web video (YouTube)
- Elmo and Bob (Bob McGrath) read Goodnight, Numbers in a 2018 web video (YouTube)