Jon Stone fut une figure essentielle de la télévision pour enfants, façonnant profondément la manière dont les jeunes spectateurs s'engagent avec le contenu éducatif et le divertissement. Son écriture magistrale mêlait imagination ludique et objectif pédagogique, créant des personnages indélébiles et des moments mémorables. L'approche de Stone en matière de programmation jeunesse se caractérisait par une attention méticuleuse aux détails, une empathie sincère et une profonde compréhension de la perspective de l'enfant. Son héritage perdure à travers sa capacité à inspirer et à éduquer des générations avec une vision créative innovante et sensible.
Read along as Grover begs you not to turn the page -- because there is a monster at this end of this book! Lovable, furry old Grover is distressed to learn that there's a monster at the end of this book! He begs readers not to turn the pages, but of course kids feel they just have to see this monster for themselves. Grover is astonished--and toddlers will be delighted--to discover who is really the monster at the end of the book!
Featuring a frantic Grover, this beloved Sesame Street tale invites young readers to join him in his humorous attempts to stop them from discovering the monster at the end of the book. Aimed at children aged 0 to 3, this sturdy board book version retains the charm of the original, which has delighted generations and solidified its status as a modern classic. The engaging storyline promises laughter and interactive fun for little ones as they turn each page.
"On the first page, what did that say? Did that say there will be a Monster at the end of the book???" Read along as Grover begs you not to turn the page—because there is a monster at this end of this book!Lovable, furry old Grover is distressed to learn that there's a monster at the end of this book! He begs readers not to turn the pages, but of course kids feel they just have to see this monster for themselves. Grover is astonished—and toddlers will be delighted—to discover who is really the monster at the end of the book!Many adults name this book as their favorite Little Golden Book. This all-time favorite is now available as a Big Little Golden Book—perfect for lap-time reading. Jon Stone (1931–1997) is the author of this book, but he was also Sesame Street's principal director until 1996. Working with Jim Henson, he helped create many of the Muppet characters, including Big Bird and Cookie Monster. He was also responsible for the show's format and setting. Stone contributed occasional announcer voices (such as the soap opera promo spoof "School in the Afternoon"), and served similar duty on two Muppet Meeting Films. Stone died of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease on March 30th, 1997. In his New York Times obituary, Joan Ganz Cooney describes Stone as "probably the most brilliant writer of children's television material in America".
Set in a beloved children's television universe, this book brings to life the vibrant characters and educational themes of "123 Sesame Street." Young readers will explore numbers, counting, and early math concepts through engaging stories and illustrations featuring familiar faces like Big Bird, Elmo, and Cookie Monster. The narrative emphasizes fun, friendship, and learning, making it an ideal introduction to foundational skills for preschoolers. Each page invites children to join in the adventure while reinforcing important lessons in a playful way.
In the sequel to reader favorite "Monster at the End of This Book," furry old Grover is still fearful of monsters--and he learns that there's another one at the end of this book! Just who is the monster at the end of this book?
The collection features 'snowstorm poems' that create swirling collages of fragmented text sourced from diverse literary influences, including notable figures like D. H. Lawrence and Kurt Vonnegut, as well as comic books, films, and philosophical texts. Each poem resembles a library encased in ice, where words magnetically attract one another, forming evocative sentences that settle into a unique poetic landscape.
What is the school of forgery? It's what teaches us fakery and invention in
equal measure, the means by which we transform ourselves and our world. With
its knock-offs, travesties, alt-pop golems, stolen text and tall stories, this
book celebrates the singularly human compulsion to 'make things up'.
Village of dunes. Valley of slumber-dust. Sandsnarl is a settlement steeped in sand - though where it came from and how long ago is a matter of tall tales and steely whispers. The sand itself makes accurate record-keeping impossible. It is drug, ore, plague and delicacy. The inhabitants of this region (or is it a fallen kingdom?) talk and think through its haze. Some alter their shape, as if shaved by it. Others seethe, resisting its rattle and buzz. These poems eavesdrop, extract, sift. Together, they make up a brief impression of time and place, a Buñuelian musical without the music.
In recent years, poetry and video games have begun talking to - and taking from - one another in earnest. Poets, ever in pursuit of meaning, now draw inspiration from digital-interactive fantasy worlds, while video game developers aim to enrich their creations by imbuing them with poetic depth. This book investigates the phenomena of poem-game hybrids and other forms of poetic-ludic interplay, making use of both a multidisciplinary critical approach and the author's own experiments in building and testing hybrid artefacts. What emerges is the suggestion of a future where reading and playing are no longer seen as separate endeavours, where the quests for sensory pleasure and philosophic insight are one and the same. Jon Stone is a Derbyshire-born writer, editor and researcher. He won a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award in 2012 and his collection, School of Forgery (Salt, 2012) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. He is a Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
