The Cupcake Caper

 The Cupcake Caper  is a 1987 SESAME STREET story book published by Idea l Toy s for the " BIG BIRD Story Magic " toy set.

BIG BIRD, in the book , is charge d with solving a mystery : Cookie Monster claims that somebody stole his brand new box of cupcakes , &  OSCAR THE GROUCH  has the empty box in his   TRASH CAN . he is so confident that he can get to the bottom of it, that he promise s to buy Cookie a new box if he can ' t find them. In the end, it is left to the listener to conclude that Cookie Monster ate the m all himself ! BIG BIRD never quite gets to this conclusion. It is a classic example of empowering the ki ds by letting them feel just a little bit smarter than the character s.

 CAROLL SPINNEY  record ed the voices of BIG BIRD &  OSCAR THE GROUCH , &  FRANK OZ  the voice of Cookie Monster , for the accompanying cassette tape. There are 2 songs on the accompanying cassette tape, " Detective Bird " & " Mystery Song " both written by Dave Conner.