Germaine the Grouch

 Germaine   the   GROUCH  appear s in t h e  SESAME STREET  boo k   OSCAR  ' s New Neighbor . Germaine, o r " Germie " for short , moves her  TRASH CAN  across the street from  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ' s  TRASH CAN  , who immediately falls in love.

 OSCAR  ' s infatuation initially over shadow s his innate grumpiness, as he  does everything to please her & Germaine assumes  he  ' s not a true  GROUCH . Finally, after a frustrated  OSCAR  loses his  temper & starts behaving like  himself  again , Germaine is very impress ed & the  p a  ir have a JUNK yard picnic of cabbage - ade & sardine & jelly sandwich es.

Book s

 *  OSCAR  ' s New Neighbor  ( 1 99 2 )