Oscar's Rotten Birthday

 OSCAR ' s   ROTTEN   Birthday  is a  SESAME STREET   book  about  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ' s  birth day.

 OSCAR THE GROUCH  live s in a  TRASH CAN , & gets regular deliveries from the MUDman - - so there ' s no way that he  ' ll enjoy the  birthday  party that the SESAME STREET resident s are preparing.

 OSCAR  hear s about t he sur p r i se p a r t y s o he  put s a "  G O   A WAY !  " sign o n  his   TRASH CAN , & hides in the dark. His friends lure  him  out of  his   TRASH CAN  by singing a new version of the song t hat BIG BIRD  has prepare d : "  ROTTEN  Birthday to  YOU  ". Grover gives  OSCAR  a bouquet of smelly stinkweed, Ernie & Bert offer broken toys , & Betty Lou gives him  a bag of peanut shell s. Count von Count, Herry Monster & Roosevelt Franklin give  Oscar  a n old sock , a f lat tire , a jar of mud  & a broken clock.

The party drags on. The group plays Pin the Tail on the Pig, Toss the  TRASH  in the  CAN  , & Dunk for  ROTTEN  Apples. Finally, Cookie Monster gives  OSCAR  a messy  MUD  cake wit h a broken candle.

De spite him self ,  OSCAR  is please d w / t he party - - till  he  realizes that  he  has to wait a whole year for  his  next  ROTTEN   Birthday.