The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover
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| Written by | Emily Perl Kingsley |
| Illustrator | Joe Mathieu |
| Published | 1978 |
| Publisher | Western Publishing |
| Series | |
| ISBN | 0307120775 |
Contents |
The Origins of Super Grover
An Anything Muppet father reads a story to his kids about Super Grover's origins. Grover's mom made him a superhero costume for Halloween. He demonstrates his super powers, such as the ability to fly, X-ray vision, super strength, super breath, super speed, and even super hearing and super smell!
Super Grover and the Speeding Sled
Super Grover tries to save Rhonda Subicede, a little girl sledding down a steep hill. Rhonda appears to be on a collision course with a bunch of trees. He attempts to do so by using a makeshift stop sign, building a big wall out of snow, and hanging on a tree branch to catch Rhonda as she goes by. Ultimately, the girl notices the trees and slows down herself.
Super Grover and the Three Bears
At school, Grover sees the school play of "The Three Bears," with Prairie Dawn in the lead role of Goldilocks. But when the three bears enter, portrayed by Bert, Ernie and Herry Monster, Grover becomes his superhero alter-ego, mistaking the actors for real bears and delivering them to a zoo.
The Hole Story or Gone Fishing
The final story has Grover and his friends Ernie, Bert, Herry Monster, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Betty Lou fishing together. But when the boat starts springing leaks, Grover can't find a telephone booth to change into his Super Grover outfit, and the others are oblivious to this incident, so he must try to stop the leaks by plugging them himself. But then he catches a fish, which pulls him underwater. There, he finds a discarded telephone booth under the sea, become Super Grover, and saves the boat by carrying it in mid-air. The book then closes with a warning from Super Grover that the young readers should not attempt the stunts that Super Grover has done, including flying.
Other editions
- The book was produced in storybook video format on Five Sesame Street Stories (and later re-issued) with Frank Oz providing the voice of Grover, Bert and Cookie Monster. Caroll Spinney and Fran Brill also voice their respective characters.
- The individual stories later appeared separately in the On My Way with Sesame Street volumes.
