Down on the Farm with Grover, Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets

by Ray Sipherd

When Grover takes care of his uncle's farm for the summer, he discovers being a farmer isn't as easy as he thought.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals

26 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Ray Sipherd was one of Sesame Street's early writers, as well as the author of a number of Sesame Street books. His work on Sesame Street earned three Emmy awards.

Sipherd, a graduate of Yale University, created the award-winning NPR program All Things Considered. In addition, he has penned a number of mystery novels for adult audiences, such as Dance of the Scarecrows, and published a collection of short stories titled The Christmas Store. Currently, Sipherd serves as a senior staff editor for Reader's Digest Condensed Books.

Reviews

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son picked this book out of his school library (he is in T-K) and wanted me to read it to him during reading time in his classroom. This book was so fun to read to my son. He enjoyed hearing about Grover helping his uncle with his farm. When Grover realized that taking care of a farm is hard, his friends from Sesame Street show up to help him. This book teaches you to never be scared to ask for help.

[Danna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another sweet Grover book! I'm having fun this afternoon going through my stack of kid-book keepsakes.

[Gael Riggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are my favorite part. I love reading Grovers lines in his voice, it is so funny. Well I 'try' to do Grovers voice.

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story and the best illustrations! 🥹

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty good book about what farms are like from Grover's perspective. Perhaps not as silly as a Click Clack Moo, but significantly more informative.

Good for reading aloud, but probably better suited for young readers reading to themselves.

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 5 out of 5]

...ahhh, I had the entire Seseme Street book series as a child and boy do I regret getting rid of them... these were just so much fun...

[Darinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read: hardcover (owned)

Grover is my favorite. I went through a phase of collecting all the Grover books I could find. This is one of them. A cute story about Grover on a farm.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little tale of Grover taking over his uncle's farm.

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