Oscar's Rotten Birthday



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

 OSCAR THE GROUCH  lives 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 residents are preparing.

 OSCar  hears about the sur prise par t y s o he  p u t s a " G O A W A Y ! " sign on  his   trash can , & hides in the dark. His friends lure  him  out of  his   trash can  by singing a new version of the song that Big Bird has prepared : " 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  an old sock , a flat 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 with a broken candle.

De spite himself ,  Oscar  is pleased w / the party - - till  he  realizes that he ]] has to wait a whole year for  his  next Rotten Birthday.