Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable, Furry Old Grover?

Written by	Jon Stone
Illustrator	Mike Smollin
Published	1976
Publisher	Random House
Series	A Random House PICTUREBACK Book
ISBN	0394832922

Grover invites the reader to play a game of hide and seek with him. Grover soon discovers that the confines of the book offer limited hiding room. He tries different corners, attempts camouflage (by painting the pages blue), and creates a blind with "lots of these funny white balloons with words in them." Some of these words include "popcorn," Mr. Greenjeans, "Hey, [[Kermit the Frog|Froggy Babeeee!" and "What's the Name of That Song?" Grover finally decides to place the mater on an emotional basis, pleading with the reader to humor their furry loveable friend, to avoid shattering his psyche by spotting him.

Grover speaks directly to the reader in word balloons, comic book-style, and the book functions as a companion to the earlier, similar The Monster at the End of This Book (1971), by the same author and illustrator team. Other books in this mold include Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (1974), Oscar's Book (1975) and Big Bird's Red Book (1977).

See also

• Grover Books