Sesame Street is the most beloved children's TV show of all time. Created as an experimental workshop in 1968, it has developed into one of the longest-running TV programmes of all time. Millions of children around the globe have learned their letters and numbers from watching Sesame Street.Whether you are an adult who grew up watching the show or a parent or grandparent of today's Sesame Street kids, you will be delighted by this book - it contains a wealth of lively, officially authorised behind-the-scenes information about: the creation of the show forty years ago; its human and puppet characters; and, the writers, scripts, directors, designers, artists, engineers and technicians.