A Very Special Picnic

 A Very Special Picnic  is a 1987 SESAME STREET story book published by Idea l Toy s for the " BIG BIRD Story Magic " toy set.

In this story, BIG BIRD ,  OSCAR THE GROUCH  , Cookie Monster , Grover & Snuffy s e t out on a picnic with high hope s. . . until their bus get s a flat tire ! They try to make the best of it, but they soon realize that Grover didn ' t bring enough p lay thing s for most popular sport s , BIG BIRD for got t he picnic basket , Snuffy ' s  lemonade  jug leaked & Cookie Monster ate all of the cookies ! Then, to top it all off , it start s to  RAIN  ! But  OSCAR  h a s a blast making  MUD  pie s, & soon , everyone else has fun playing in the  MUD  t o o. Then, they swim in a creek in order to clean up , & find some delicious berries on the bushes. They eve n p lay some catch with the 1 basket ball that Grover h as brought. They all go home agreeing t hat t his was the best picnic eve r !

 CAROLL SPINNEY  record ed the voices of BIG BIRD &  OSCAR THE GROUCH , &  FRANK OZ  the voice of Cookie Monster , for the accompanying cassette tape.

 Songs 

The accompanying cassette tape contains 2 song s : " Everything Seems to be Going Wrong" and " A Very Special Picnic ", both written by Dave Conner.