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)
- What Kind of Feet Do a Bear Have? (Test Show 4)
- Gwendolyn, the Miracle Hen (Episode 0002)
- Stevie (Episode 0004)
- If I Were a Mother (Episode 0005)
- Look At Me (Episode 0006)
- Sam (Episode 0009)
- One, Two, Where's My Shoe? (Episode 0011)
- Swimmy (Episode 0013)
- Whistle for Willie (Episode 0014)
- My Little Brother (Episode 0015)
- Goggles (Episode 0016)
- 5A and 7B (Episode 0021)
- Ask Mr. Bear (Episode 0027)
- Play With Me (Episode 0029)
- Where Are the Mothers? (Episode 0033)
- My Friend John (Episode 0042)
- I Have a Tree (Episode 0043, Episode 0077)
- The Story Grandmother Told (Episode 0054)
- Dandelion (Episode 0056)
- Dear Uncle Carlos (Episode 0066)
- Peter's Chair (Episode 0110, Episode 2660)
- Big Red Barn (Episode 2620)
- Black Feelings, Black Talk, Black Judgment (Episode 2820)
- Gilberto and the Wind (Episode 2821)
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Episode 2960)
- Pat the Bunny (Episode 2982)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Episode 3087)
- The Very Busy Spider (Episode 3212)
- Play with Me (Episode 3280)
- The Snowy Day (Episode 3332)
- The Little Red Hen (Episode 3354)