Oscar's Rotten Birthday



 Oscar 's Rotten Birthday is a Sesame Street book starring Oscar the Grouch.

Oscar the Grouch lives in a  trash can, & gets regular deliveries from  The Mudman  -- so there's no way that he'll enjoy the birthday party that the Sesame Street residents are preparing.

Oscar hears about the surprise party, so he puts a "GO AWAY!" sign on his trash can, & hides in the dark. His friends lure him out of his trash can  by singing a new version of the song that Big Bird has prepared: "Rotten Birthday to You". Grover gives Oscar  a bouquet of smelly stinkweed, Ernie & Bert offer broken toys, & Betty Lou gives him a bag of peanut shells. Count von Count, Herry Monster & Roosevelt Franklin give Oscar  an old sock, a flat tire, a jar of mud & a broken clock.

The party drags on. The group plays Pin the Tail on the Pig, Toss the Trash  in the  Can , & Dunk for Rotten Apples. Finally, Cookie Monster gives Oscar  a messy mud cake with a broken candle.

Despite himself, Oscar  is pleased w/ the party -- till he realizes that he has to wait a whole year for his next rotten birthday.

Other editions

 * Released as a Book-&-Record set (BR-00023), & as a Book-&-Tape set (BT-00023).
 * Published by Fisher-Price as a Book-&-Record set (FP 148), & as a Book-&-Tape set (FP 116).
 * A Hebrew edition was published in 1981 by Ad'am.