Sesame Street Monster Gallery. Dad research I never thought I'd have to do.

So we're in Borders this past weekend, my 20 month old was acting up, and in a moment of desperation prudence, we bought her this simple Elmo board book called "Monster Faces." The whole book is just faces of different Sesame Street monsters making faces. You get the idea - hungry face, sad face, angry face, silly face, happy face etc.

It worked and calmed her down, except for the rest of the day (at least while she was with us in the stroller shopping) she wanted to know the names of the monsters. Every single one. Over and over.

And to be honest, after Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, Oscar the Grouch and Zoe I was kind of at a loss.

So later that night, I spent a little time looking on the magical internets, and I stumbled on the Muppet Wiki, specifically the Sesame Street Monster Gallery. If you've ever wondered what Elmo's dad's name is (Louie) or what the name of that baby monster is (Baby Natasha), it's definitely worth checking out.

Check out the Sesame Street Monster Gallery, and if you're shopping for a baby check out the super cute Monster Faces board book.

Comments

[James]

Just chanced upon your site today through alltop.com

Maybe it's not my place but this is why 'Comments' were invented...

1. Surely you're rewarding her "acting up" by getting her a book.

2. Any chance you can tone down beginning sentences with "So..."

3. Keep up the good work - I've subscribed.

Cheers,

James

[Chris]

Ugh! I let my son watch Star Wars with me this weekend thinking it'd be cool for him! I spent nearly the whole time confirming which guys was the good/bad guy, what his name was, and was he stronger than Superman!

Oh the questions!

[moderndaydad]

It's only rewarding her behavior if she was acting up because she wanted the book, which wasn't the case.

And no, there's no chance I'll "tone down" anything. Sorry.

Thanks for subscribing.

[Megan W.]

Hey Chris! I was just catching up on your blog and this is a very interesting article. I was browsing that gallery and I personally like the irony in the name "Googel". =]

[Eric]

Chris,

The resource on muppet monsters is gold! Can't put a price on being well-versed in Sesame Street conversations! Thanks for the link. :)

Eric

[Rebecca Smith]

Thanks so much for the monsters gallery! I bought my son Sesame Street placemats thinking we'd talk about shapes, letters and numbers, but instead, I wound up flummoxed because they've added so many new monsters since I was a kid!