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Jon Stone

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born

April 13, 1931 in New Haven, Connecticut, The United States

died

March 30, 1997

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

influences

Jim Henson

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Stone graduated from Williams College in 1952. He received a master's degree from the Yale University School of Drama in 1955, at which time he joined a CBS training program. Before helping to create Sesame Street, he worked on the popular children's television show Captain Kangaroo for CBS. He also worked on several other Muppet projects before and during his time on Sesame Street, and was the author of several books including the popular "The Monster at the End of this Book". He was married for 9 years to actress Beverly Owen.

Stone was Sesame Street's principal director until 1996. Working with Jim Henson, he helped to create many of the Muppet characters, including Big Bird and Cookie Monster. He was also responsible for the show's forma...more

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Books by Jon Stone

Average rating: 4.47 · 31,889 ratings · 1,410 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Monster at the End of this Book (Big Little Golden Book) by Jon Stone, Michael J. Smollin (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 31,379 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Another Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone, Michael J. Smollin (Illustrator), Michael Smollin (Illustrations) 3.88 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Hide and Seek: with Lovable, Furry Old Grover (Pictureback by Jon Stone, Michael J. Smollin (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1976	My rating:
	Resting Places: with Lovable, Furry Old Grover (Pictureback by Jon Stone, Michael J. Smollin (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street by Jon Stone, Joe Mathieu (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Blue's Fruit Field Trip! by Jon Stone, Michael J. Smollin 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	My rating:
	Get Out!: I'm Trying to F**k Your Mother by Jon Stone, Michel Roseau (Illustrations) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Big Bird in China 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983	My rating:
	School of Forgery 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: