40th Anniversary of Sesame Street

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 9:25 pm under World News 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street

Anniversary of Sesame Street, 2009 will mark the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. To celebrate the historic occasion, Sesame Workshop is planning to launch two brand new books that have a fond look back at the incredible story of the world’s most famous street.

“Sesame Street: A Celebration of forty years of street life” by Louise Gikow is a hardcover book of 256 pages that provides an inside look at every aspect of Sesame Street – beginning with the initial idea of showing the and the creation of the pilot episode and moving through its evolution over four decades. The book also offers an inside look at many of the Muppets and human characters enjoyable and the writers, directors, producers, and all the other creative people involved in the legendary series. The book includes hundreds of rare photographs from the archives of Sesame Workshop take a historical look, both in front and behind the camera. The book also includes excerpts from the scripts, sketches of the most original and performance notes. “Sesame Street: A Celebration of forty years of life on the street” is set to be released by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers on 1 November 2008 – and you can pre-order your copy at Amazon.com.

Viking Press is also planning to launch another book that explores the history of Sesame Street. “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street,” Michael Davis, will take a broad view on development, growth and continued success of the television show for children most influential for the capture of oral history beloved series. For over five years, Davis made over 200 in-depth interviews with key players, Sesame Street, to collect the definitive history of the series. This hardcover book of 384 pages is scheduled for 26 December 2008 – and you can also pre-order your copy at Amazon.com.

So mark your calendars and be sure to pick up these two exciting new books when it comes to stores later this year. These books are certainly a delight for any fan of Sesame Street, and make sure to keep you updated as more details on these titles are available.

Written by: Gulraiz

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