No Cookies 'Til Dinner, Sesame Street, Big Bird StoryMagic, 1987

NO Cookies 'Til Dinner is a 1987 Sesame Street storybook featuring
Cookie Monster, published by Ideal Toys for the "Big Bird StoryMagic"
toy set. It all began one afternoon when Big Bird met Cookie Monster on
his way home from a shopping trip to Hooper's Store. He was carrying a
grocery bag full of cookies. "These cookies for dinner tonight", he told
Big Bird. "Me going to have coconut macaroons, marshmallow puffs with
strawberry icing, and gingerbread for dessert." "That sounds nice,
Cookie Monster." "That sound delicious! Oh, me can hardly wait. Uh-Oh.
Me afraid me no can wait. Me afraid me going to eat cookies now! Then me
not have them for dinner. Here, Big Bird. Me get cookies for me till
dinnertime. Quick. Before it too late", he said. "Oh no", Big Bird said.
"I know what we'll happen. You change your mind it tend to be all
afternoon trying to get some back again".
Well, Cookie Monster asked him again and again to eat his cookies. But
just as Big Bird was about to give in, Oscar popped up and said "I'll
keep your cookies for you". "Really, Oscar? You do that for Cookie
Monster?" "Why not? It'll be a pleasure", said Oscar. "Oh, good. Now
cookies stay safe", said Cookie Monster giving Oscar the paper bag. "See
you at dinnertime. Bye-bye!" And off he ran. "Oscar", Big Bird said,
"don't you know Cookie Monster will try to give you to give him the
cookies before dinnertime?" "Of course I know that", said Oscar. "And I
love saying no". That's what Big Bird knew it was going to be an
interesting afternoon. Cookie Monster buys some cookies for dinner, but
starts craving them earlier, & asks Big Bird to hold them for him
until Dinner. Big Bird refuses, because he knows that Cookie Monster
will keep begging & trying to trick him into giving them to him
until he gives in. Oscar The Grouch eventually agrees to hold them,
telling BIG BIRD that he LOVES to say "NO". Cookie Monster tries to
trick Oscar with a variety of disguises, but Oscar doesn’t fall for any
of them.
Frank Oz recorded the voice of Cookie Monster, & Caroll Spinney the
voices of Big Bird & Oscar The Grouch, for the accompanying cassette
tape. Big Bird, on the tape, sings "He Loves His Cookies", & Oscar
sings "I Love to Say no", both by Dave Conner. Written by David Korr,
Illustrator Tom Cooke, Published 1987, Publisher Ideal Toys, Series
BIG BIRD StoryMagic, Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppet's ... Big Bird
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