Sesame Street
Elmo's World: Books
Clip: Season 48 Episode 13 | 5m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about books with Elmo and Mr. Noodle.
Learn about books with Elmo and Mr. Noodle.
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Sesame Street
Elmo's World: Books
Clip: Season 48 Episode 13 | 5m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about books with Elmo and Mr. Noodle.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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♪ LA LALA LA LA ♪ ♪ LA LALA LA LA ♪ ♪ ELMO'S WORLD ♪ ♪ THAT'S ELMO'S WORLD ♪ GUESS WHAT ELMO'S THINKING ABOUT TODAY.
♪ YA DA DA DA ♪ OH.
[HUMMING] OH!
OH, NO!
AH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
BOOKS.
YEAH, AND DOROTHY HAS A QUESTION.
HOW DO YOU READ A BOOK?
HEY, GOOD QUESTION, DOROTHY.
LET'S WATCH SOMEBODY READ A BOOK.
KID: DON'T SIT ON IT!
GET OFF IT!
ELMO: YOU CAN'T SIT ON IT AND READ IT.
YEAH!
KID: YEAH.
ELMO: NO, MR. NOODLE.
MR. NOODLE, YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE BOOK.
KID: OPEN THE BOOK!
YOU HAVE TO TURN IT THE OTHER WAY!
DIFFERENT KID: THE OTHER WAY!
ELMO: YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE PAGES!
OPEN THE PAGES!
HA HA HA!
MR. NOODLE.
KID: IT'S UPSIDE DOWN!
ELMO AND KIDS: THE BOOK IS UPSIDE DOWN.
KIDS: UPSIDE DOWN!
ELMO: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
WHAT-- KID: NOT YOUR GLASSES!
THE BOOK!
ELMO: NO!
HA HA HA!
[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK] ♪ HMM HMM LA DEE DEE DEE ♪ BOOK: HEY!
HOW ABOUT TALKING TO A BOOK?
ELMO: YEAH!
ELMO CAN TALK TO A BOOK!
BOOK: I CAN OPEN AND CLOSE.
ELMO: NEAT!
BOOK: THIS ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT'S MY COVER.
ELMO: WOW!
THE COVER!
BOOK: AND INSIDE, I AM FULL OF PAGES.
ELMO: OH, ELMO SEES WORDS, TOO.
[MUSIC STARTS] ELMO: WHAT?
DIFFERENT BOOK: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES... ELMO: WHAT?
WHO ARE YOU?
DIFFERENT BOOK: I AM A BOOK ABOUT THE CIRCUS.
PICTURE BOOK: YEAH.
HE'S FILLED WITH STORIES ABOUT THE CIRCUS.
THERE ARE BOOKS ABOUT EVERYTHING.
ELMO: WOW.
EVERYTHING!
OH!
LOOK.
LOOK!
LOOK!
DOROTHY IS IMAGINING ELMO IN A CIRCUS!
PICTURE BOOK: IN A CIRCUS BOOK.
[APPLAUSE] ELMO: THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
WOW.
BOOKS ARE FUN TO READ.
OOH, ELMO WANTED TO SEE DOROTHY READ A BOOK, SO ELMO MADE A VIDEO WITH THIS CAMERA.
IT'S CALLED--AHEM-- "DOROTHY READS A BOOK," BY ELMO.
HA HA HA!
OH, VERY NICE, TV.
♪ HMM HMM HMM ♪ HA HA!
HEE HEE!
DOROTHY LOVES READING BOOKS ABOUT WHALES.
HA HA HA!
YEAH.
DON'T YOU, DOROTHY?
SHE'S A SPEED-READER.
HA HA HA!
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
YAH.
DOROTHY, DOROTHY, DOROTHY!
HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!
THANK YOU, TV.
BE CAREFUL.
HA HA!
ELMO REALLY LIKES BOOKS.
SO DOES DOROTHY.
THAT'S WHY DOROTHY WANTS US TO SING "THE BOOK SONG."
[PLAYING "JINGLE BELLS"] ♪ DOO DOO DOO ♪ CHICKEN: ♪ BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK... ♪ ELMO: THE CHICKEN THINKS WE'RE SINGING "THE CHICKEN SONG."
SING IT, CHICKEN!
BOTH: ♪ BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK ♪ ♪ BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK ♪ ♪ BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK ♪ ♪ BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK ♪ ELMO: SAY GOOD-BYE, DOROTHY.
HA HA!
GOOD-BYE, CHICKEN.
CHICKEN: BAWK BAWK!
ELMO: GOOD-BYE!
HA HA!
CHICKEN: BAWK!
♪ BAWK, BAWK, BAWK, BAWK ♪ ELMO: HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!
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