Oscar's Book

 OSCAR ' s   Book  is a  SESAME STREET  book featuring  OSCAR THE GROUCH .  OSCAR  inform s t h e reader, " This is  my  book  &  I  don ' t want  you  to read i t . "  Oscar  speak directly to the rea der in word balloon s , comic book - style.

Bothered by the reader ' s attention, he  decides to move out o f  his   TRASH CAN  , & let somebody e lse move i n. He puts on a blonde curly wig, & pretends to be " Melody " , a new little girl who lives on SESAME STREET. But when BIG BIRD see s " Melody ", he invite s everyone to meet their new neighbor , &  Oscar  quits the charade.

Frustrated,  OSCAR  hides in a pyramid of  TRASH CANS  , but he  can still be seen in  his   TRASH CAN . He then transforms his   trash can  into a " super duper  GROUCH  rocket balloon ", which floats  him  high u p into the sky. A bird pops the balloon, & he  fall s back to the ground.

At the end of the book ,  OSCAR  realizes that the reader is going t o g o a w a y , &  he  ' ll have nobody to yell at & complain to any more. He tells the reader t o come b ack : " You really make  me   mad !  "

 Oscar  speaks directly to the reader in word balloon s, comic book - style. This style was used in a number of  SESAME  book s in the 1970s & early 1980s, including The Monster at the End of This Book ( 1971 ) ,  Grover  & the Every thing in t h e Whole Wide World Museum ( 1 9 7 4 ) , ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Would_You_Like_to_Play_Hide_%26_Seek_in_This_Book_With_Lovable,_Furry_Old_Grover%3F Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable , Furry O ld  Grover  ? ],  BIG   BIRD  ' s Red Book ( 1977 ) , & Lovable Furry Old  Grover  ' s Resting Places'' ( 1984 ).