Linda Hayward

 Linda   Hayward  is the author of many  SESAME STREET  book s, including  A Day in the Life of  OSCAR   THE   GROUCH  as welll as  The City  WORM  &amp; the Country  WORM  & also T h e  SESAME   STREET  Dictionary. An elementary school teacher before entering publishing thirty years ago, Hayward was director of educational publishing a t Golden Book s. At Random House , she manage d the Step in to Reading series & started the 1 st Stepping Stone s series. Hayward has written over 150 book s f or chil dren, & conceive d & wrote the [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Theodor_Geisel Dr. Seuss ] Beginner Fun Book s series.