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Michelle Obama and Big Bird Michelle Obama with Big Bird in the White House kitchen, 2013. Lawrence Jackson - official photo of the White House

Despite his imposing height, Big Bird has a childlike attitude. He is very curious about the world around him, he likes to be involved in business, and he appreciates his friends. At first he could neither read nor write; his learning of the alphabet became part of the plot of Sesame Street . Since 1971, his best friend has been Snuffleupagus, a large four-legged puppet that looks like a woolly mammoth. Prior to 1985, none of the adults at Sesame Street had ever seen Snuffy, and so they considered him just a convenient scapegoat for Big Bird when he got into trouble.

Big Bird quickly became one of the most beloved children's characters in the world, and he has appeared in every season of Sesame Street , in a large number of storybooks, and in several Sesame Street Live stage productions. He was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994 and featured on a 1999 postage stamp printed by the United States Postal Service. Big Bird was also the star of 9 movies0012 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978), Big Bird in China (1983), and Sesame Street Presents: Follow the Bird (1985).

11 rare children's books from the convention library

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The Library of Congress has a collection of books that would make any bookworm turn green with envy. One of their most interesting collections is their library of rare children's books. Visitors can read books in their entirety from the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Here are 11 of our favorites.

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This book by Kate Greenaway was designed to introduce children to the alphabet. With simple sentences and detailed drawings, Apple Pie is something of a vintage Sesame Street special. The book seems quite promising as it starts with the words "Apple pie, B bite, C cut" to the last page, where the last six letters fit on one page. Spoiler: UVWXYZ "everyone ate a big bite and went to bed."

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Arabian Nights: Their Most Famous Tales Library of Congress // Public Domain

Although some editions of Arabian Nights - also known as One Thousand and One Nights - is a children's edition containing hundreds of stories dedicated to the best and brightest of them. The pages of this collection contain the famous adventures of Aladdin and Sinbad. But don't expect to see this edition in most children's classes; language has been translated from Arabic into French into English, and the old-fashioned dictionary of this edition is more closely related to Shakespeare than books such as Where are the wild things .

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Like The Arabian Nights , The Baby's Own Aesop seeks to convey to a younger audience . This edition turns Aesop's fables into animal poems that are very reminiscent of nursery rhymes.

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In this book, the cheerful cricket and his friends - the team of insects and other animals in this book - teach children important life lessons such as sharing and cooperation. For musically inclined families, little sing-alongs complete each story for parents to sing along with their children.

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Circus Procession Library of Congress // Public Domain

The Ringling Brothers Circus was founded in 1884 and probably inspired the publication of the McLaughlin brothers' book. Circus Procession which was only printed four years later. The book features a parade of animals and characters including elephants, kings and clowns.

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In 18th century America, exposure to the books of the Bible was an important task for young people. In 1788, Isaiah Thomas published a copy of a religious text that replaced some of the words with representative images. For example, instead of using the word "dove" when explaining the story of Noah's Ark, the image of a dove is placed next to the text. This book is one of the oldest in the Library of Congress collection of children's books.

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We all know how the nursery rhyme sounds: “Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty fell hard; All the royal horses and all the royal people will not be able to put Humpty Dumpty together again.” But what you may not know is that this simple rhyme has a whole backstory. In this book, Humpty Dumpty is presented as a "sleek, round little guy with a winning smile" rather than as a mundane concern. That is, except for the fact that he wished he could be hard-boiled so his heart wouldn't "falter". And so the epic story begins.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Library of Congress // Public Domain

This book by Frank Baum captures the well known story of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz as originally published. This book was also illustrated by the same guy who drew for Humpty Dumpty.

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One of the most creative titles on the Library of Congress' list of children's books. The Downhill Book explains all the misadventures that happen when things go downhill. (It's also rather nifty that the book itself is literally tilted.)

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Gobolinks is probably one of the strangest (and creepiest) titles on the list. On its pages are painted blots of different colors, which are associated with well-known stories. (On one page, Little Red Riding Hood's wolf hides next to a passage of history.) The book also explains how to create inkblot monsters. At the time, creating images from inkblots was more commonly known as Klecksography; Hermann Rorschach created the first systematic approach to interpreting inkblots at 1921 years old.

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Pretty Little Notebook is the oldest children's book in the Library of Congress collection and is generally considered the first children's book ever printed.

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