First edition of Oscar's Rotten Birthday, Start-To-Read Series: Oscar hates birthdays! Until his Sesame Street buddies throw a surprise party that turns out to be pretty okay.
Written by Dan Elliott. Illustrated by Normand Chartier. 1981, first edition. Children's Television Workshop. Random House, publishers.
When Oscar hears about the surprise birthday his friends are planning he hangs a "Go Away!" sign on his trashcan and hides.
"His friends lure him out of the can by singing a new version of the song that Big Bird has prepared: "Rotten Birthday to You". Grover gives Oscar a bouquet of smelly stinkweed, Ernie and Bert offer broken toys, and Betty Lou gives him a bag of peanut shells. The Count, Herry Monster and Roosevelt Franklin give Oscar an old sock, a flat tire, a jar of mud and a broken clock."
When Cookie Monster brings a mud cake with a broken candle, Oscar decides a birthday's not so bad.
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