The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover facts for kids
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| Author | Jon Stone |
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| Illustrator | Michael Smollin |
| Cover artist | Michael Smollin |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sesame Street |
| Subject | Monsters |
| Genre | Children |
| Published | 1971 (Golden Books) |
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| ISBN | 0-307-01085-6 (1996 ed.) |
| 813.1 | |
| LC Class | MLCS 2006/42214 (P) |
| Followed by | 'Would You Like To Play Hide and Seek with Lovable, Furry Old Grover?' |
The Monster at the End of This Book is a super popular children's book. It stars Grover from the TV show Sesame Street. Jon Stone wrote the book, and Michael Smollin drew the pictures.
It first came out in 1971. Since then, it has become the best-selling Sesame Street book ever. Many people think it is a modern classic for kids.
Contents
What Happens in the Story
This book is about Grover, a lovable, furry monster. He reads the title of the book and gets very scared. The title says there is a monster at the end of the book!
Grover does not want to meet this monster. He starts begging the reader not to turn the pages. He hopes this will stop the book from ending.
As you keep reading, Grover gets more and more afraid. He tries to stop you from turning pages. He tries tying pages together. He even tries to build a brick wall. But nothing works because these are just drawings.
Near the end, Grover makes one last plea. He begs you not to turn the very last page. But when you do, there is a big surprise! The monster at the end of the book is Grover himself!
Grover tries to act like he knew it all along. But it is clear he is quite embarrassed. He thought he was going to meet a scary monster. Instead, he found out it was him all along.
More Stories and Shows
This popular book led to other stories and TV shows.
Book Sequels
Two more books were made, also by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin.
- Would You Like To Play Hide and Seek with Lovable, Furry Old Grover? came out in 1976.
- Another Monster at the End of This Book was published in 1996. In this book, Elmo joins Grover. Elmo actually encourages the reader to turn the pages. He is very curious to see what happens.
Online and TV Adaptations
- In 2013, the Sesame Street Twitter account shared a version of the story. Grover starred in it, with help from actor Wil Wheaton.
- The book was also made into an animated TV special. It is called The Monster at the End of This Story. This special came out on HBO Max in October 2020.
Book References in Other Media
The book's idea has been used in other TV shows and comics.
- A TV show called Supernatural had an episode named "The Monster at the End of This Book."
- The cartoon Johnny Bravo made a funny version called "The Hunk at the End of This Cartoon." Johnny tried to stop the show from ending. He thought a "hunk" (a good-looking person) would be at the end. It turned out to be a piece of cheese.
- The webcomics Dinosaur Comics and Sheldon have mentioned the book.
- Jimmy Fallon sang a song that referenced the book. He was pretending to be Jim Morrison from the band The Doors.
