

Today, one of my interests being covered is the #1 best show for kids, Sesame Street.īrief backstory: SESAME STREET IS MY CHILDHOOD!! As a kid, there was no series that I gave more enthusiasm, and respect for (not even SpongeBob SquarePants) than this ever-so-immortal master of children’s edutainment.

This is a book that happened to be the starting point of my cherished, growing library of non-fiction books based on my interests. For some reason, you wouldn’t find Telly on the cover of the physical book.įINALLY, I’m giving you my very first full book review. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Also in the 1990s, she co-authored The Muppets Make Puppets! with Cheryl Henson and the Muppet Workshop, Miss Piggy's Rules with Jim Lewis, For Every Child, A Better World with Ellen Weiss and two large-format children's stories adaptations featuring poser puppets of the Muppet Babies, Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales and Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes.Īs part of Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary Celebration in 2009, Gikow wrote and edited Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street.DISCLAIMER: This post contains an affiliate link from the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.

In 1993, she authored a biography of Jim Henson called Meet Jim Henson. In 1986, she served as a script consultant on Muppet Babies Live! Several of these books were written under the pseudonyms "Emily Paul" and "Rebecca Grand." ĭuring the 1980s, she served as senior editor for Muppet Magazine and wrote several articles and comics including the recurring "Miss Piggy's Advice" column. As a composer, she has written music and lyrics for the Sing Along with Kermit and Friends series of book and tape sets. Several of her Muppet Babies books have also been adapted as storybook videos. Gikow has adapted several Henson productions into storybook form, including Labyrinth, The Tale of the Bunny Picnic, and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

She has also written for Between the Lions (for which she won an Emmy in 2009) and is the co-creator of Johnny and the Sprites (with John Tartaglia). For television, Gikow has written for the 1992 Muppet sketches for Good Morning America, the US/Israeli co-production Shalom Sesame, and the Sesame Workshop/ Berlitz International co-production Sesame English. Louise Gikow is a writer who has published a number of books with The Jim Henson Company for several properties including Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock and The Wubbulous World of Dr. Gikow, Bill Prady, and Jim Henson's assistant Mira Velimirovic
