Oscar's Book



 Oscar ' s Book  is a Sesame Street book featuring  OSCAR THE GROUCH .  Oscar  informs the reader, " This is  my  book  , &  I  don't want  you  to read it . "  Oscar  speak directly to the reader in word balloons , comic book - style.

Bothered by the reader 's attention, he decides to move out of his trash can  , & let somebody else move in. He puts on a blonde curly wig, & pretends to be " Melody " , a new little girl who lives on Sesame Street. But when Big Bird sees " Melody ", he invites 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 " superduper  Grouch  rocket balloon ", which floats him high up into the sky. A bird pops the balloon, & he falls back to the ground.

At the end of the book ,  Oscar  realizes that the reader is going to go away , & he'll have nobody to yell at & complain to anymore. He tells the reader to come back : " You really make  me   mad !  "

Oscar speaks directly to the reader in word balloons, comic book - style. This style was used in a number of Sesame books in the 1970s & early 1980s, including The Monster at the End of This Book ( 1971 ) , Grover & the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum ( 1974 ) , ''[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 Old Grover ? ], Big Bird 's Red Book ( 1977 ) , & Lovable Furry Old Grover 's Resting Places'' ( 1984 ).