Elmo Says Achoo!

by Sarah Albee, Tom Brannon (Illustrator)

Elmo's bringing a present to Oscar. But the mysterious wrapped gift has a curious effect--it's making Elmo sneeze! And every time Elmo sneezes, something funny happens. Toddlers will love following along when Elmo's sneezes cause laundry to fall off its line and much more in this Early Step into Reading™ story.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Ebooks, Humor, 1st Grade

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, rhyming story about a sneezy Elmo. Great for beginning readers and features several classic characters from Sesame Street.

[Resa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book we have to read about 15 times a day. Addison loves to tell me the characters and saying, "Achoo." When she can't find this book (because I have to have break from it sometimes), she walks around saying, "Achoo, Achoo, Achoo." It is so pitiful, I have to bring it out of hiding.

[明 胡 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elmo has a present. What is it ? No one knows.
He is taking it to Oscar. It tickles Elmo's nose.
"Achoo!" Elmo sneezes. Down blow all the clothes.
Bert is stacking cans. He stackes neat and tall.
"Achoo!" Elmo sneezes. All the soup cans fall.
Elmo sees a person in the Barber's chair.
"Achoo!"Elmo sneezes. Down falls all the hair.
"Look at what we built!" the happy monsters call.
"Achoo!"Elmo sneezes. Down falls the wall.
Here comes a parade.The circus is in town.
"Achoo!" Elmo sneezes. The clowns all tumble down.
Elmo visits Oscar to give the grouch his gift.
"A stinkweed plant!" says Osca,"The best I ever sniffed!"
Oscar finds his hanky , and what does he do?
Oscar gins a grouchy grin. And then he says "Achoo!"

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elmo is taking a gift to Oscar the Grouch. No one knows what it is, but it tickles Elmo’s nose. His sneezes knock down the laundry on the clothesline, Bert’s soup cans, the barber shop customer’s hair, the monsters’ wall, and the circus parade clowns. What is Elmo’s gift for Oscar?

Young readers will laugh at the funny things that happen whenever Elmo sneezes. This Level 1 Step Into Reading book, designed for preschool and kindergarten readers, features large type, easy words, repetition and rhyme, and picture clues, all designed to help young readers succeed. Sesame Street fans will enjoy seeing the Muppet characters in this book and are sure to read the story again and again.

Recommended.

[Carm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another absolute favorite in our house. Our little loves when oscar the grouch sneezes LOUDLY once he receives his wonderful stinkweed plant! What a perfect give for a grouch. The library has a version of this book that is also in spanish and I liked throwing in some spanish words too.

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who doesn't love Elmo?

[Bianca Orellana · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 17-month-old loves to say "achoo!" so this was the perfect book for us to read together

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Age 2 and age 5 like this one

A good book for any Elmo fans out there. The rhyming is nice and the kids thought it was silly which they liked.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beginning reader book

[Beca_Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute, my toddler LOVED making the sneezing sound.

[Jeff Golden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy

The book was super easy for my toddler to read! We look forward to read more together as they grow up!

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally Elmo takes centre stage

[kate. · Rating 3 out of 5]

silly story, wish the translation was more similar.

[Lacy | literary_lacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son is obsessed with Elmo, and his older sister is a fan, too! This story is cute! I’ve read it multiple times to my daughter, and now to my son. They both enjoy it and it makes them laugh.

This is such a fun book, if you put a lot of emphasis into the sneezing! Great for young and older kids.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elmo brings a present to a friend, and mysteriously sneezes along the way, causing damage to everyone he comes across.

The synopsis isn’t that great, I’ll admit, but the fun my toddler had with the repetition of sneezing was worth it. We read this book three times in a row, with my 3.5 year old getting more and more excited with each read. We would have read a few more times, but, by the third read, my kid’s sneezes were becoming so melodramatic that they ended up with a nosebleed. I’d still call it a win.

The only real frustration is with the ebook. The pictures and text don’t match, so I would read about Bernie stacking towers, then flip the page to show it. On the same page, I’d read about the sneeze knocking it down, then flip to show the image, etc.

[Leila T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter sat through this twice in a row without trying to turn the pages before I'd finished each rhyme. The illustrations are so much fun to look at, filling each page with colour, and the rhymes are short and simple and funny. The second time reading it, she started to talk about what was happening on each page, anticipating the rhyme. So I think this is a book that is easily comprehensible for two-year-olds as well. And it was fun for me to read.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an okay book, the meaning was there but just didn't get fully through in the story. BUT Elmo wants to surprise a friend regardless of what he's doing is actually making him sick. But he cares more about his friend than his temporary discomfort. This is a level 1 book, and has repetitive words. So a beginning reader once they got some of the words down could read this by themselves and be proud.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

River liked it mostly because of familiarity of the characters and the theatrical way I sneezed. Not much to this book content, but pictures are nice. As long as it is a loved learning tool, I'll make it work and use it to build on.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids enjoyed pretending to sneeze along with Elmo. But the rhythm of the wording was a little difficult to understand that they were rhyming.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute book. Elmo keeps sneezing and knocking things over!

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

great story for babies and preschoolers. they love to say the "achoo" parts! great "step into reading" book.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 19 month old daughters current favorite.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son loved Elmo, but wasn't as interested in the story.

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun. Fantastic rhyme scheme and rhythm. Such a cute book. We've already read it four times this morning. (15 months)

[Pinky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oscar's sneeze blows everyone away.

[Jessie · Rating 3 out of 5]

hahahah
cute!!

[Rodney B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Words don't match up.

This is a good book but the words don't line up with the pages they belong to. Not sure if there is a way to change this.