Elmo Says... (Sesame Street)

by Sarah Albee, Tom Leigh (Illustrator)

Elmo and his friends play a variation of everyone’ s favorite game, “Simon Says.”

“Elmo Says,” is just like the original, except that here, our favorite furry little red monster leads the action. Toddlers and adults can read and join in the play—they just have to be careful to listen for those magic Elmo says!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

24 pages, Board Book

First published December 18, 2013

Reviews

[Eleanor Sullivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute Sesame Street take on the children’s game, Simon Says. I anticipate lots of giggles reading it to my nephew!

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seseme Street verson of "Simon Says" except it's Elmo Says. A good book to help children learn to follow instructions and parts of body

[Rose · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read to my daughter she likes it...it's interactive

[Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

My little ones liked doing the actions.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son got a kick out of me exaggerating the movements while making dumb faces. Reading time: success

[Sy’s Shelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

i found this on my cousin dani’s shelf! i loved waving hi to elmo on every page.

[Octavia · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's simple and straightforward. Perfect to read for a toddler. My niece asked me to read this to her for 3 days in a row!

[Kristel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Measuring about 5.5" x 4.5", this board book can be grasped by babies as young as 9 months. Elmo and his friends play a "Elmo Says..." version of Simon Says. Activities such as touching your nose, driving a car, and pretending to sleep are suggested. The actions are simple and can be very effective when a parent helps their child do each action. The pictures are bright and colorful, attracting even babies' attention. Depicted in primary colors against a solid yellow background, bright Sesame Street characters with bulging eyes dominate the perspective of each page. This book can help build early literacy skills like print awareness as well as helping teach children how to follow directions and even how to find their nose! A fun, active read that little ones will return to again and again. Highly recommended for public libraries.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Synopsis: "Elmo and his friends play a variation of everyone’ s favorite game, “Simon Says.”

“Elmo Says,” is just like the original, except that here, our favorite furry little red monster leads the action. Toddlers and adults can read and join in the play—they just have to be careful to listen for those magic words: Elmo says!"


My Review: This is a fun book, definitely not good for bedtime but a great after nap, get up and move book. It is a good introduction to the classic Simon Says game using familiar characters. Munchkin enjoyed it but didn't quite get the point of it, but I am sure with a few more times of reading and playing he will really enjoy it.

[Danie P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great activity board book, even though it is quite small, for preschool and toddler set. Elmo leds the kids through a series of simon says movements along with his monster friends. Cute inbetween actual books storytime option

[Sonya Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first Elmo book we bought for our daughter. She’s loved it so much that the pages are worn out. I love the way she follows along and does what Elmo says to do. She often goes right to her favorite page “Elmo says eat pretend cake.” And she smacks her lips as if she’s eating. So cute.

[Elizabeth S · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basically a version of "Simon says."

[Suki · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter likes this book but doesn't quite grasp the concept of "Elmo says..." vs "Elmo didn't say Elmo says".

[Nico Larocco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elmo tricked Nico all three times. Lol I'll have to play Simon Says with him :)

[Rodriguez Justinian · Rating 5 out of 5]

very inspirational

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure if my son understands "Elmo says..." but he likes this book and many of the words are common for language learners. He also really likes ending by wavering bye bye.

[Pinky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Follow along and do as Elmo says.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like Simon Says, only the Elmo way.