Minor Book Mentions The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in books outside of the Henson / Sesame fold , which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the . A Child ' s Introduction to Ballet . This instructional picture book written by Laura Lee and illustrated by Meredith Hamilton includes a line of trivia on the back cover : " Which famous ballet dancer did a duet with Miss Piggy on " The Muppet Show " ? ( page 81 ) " The answer is Rudolf Nureyev . Cinegeek . " Cinegeek " is a 2017 book of " Fun Trivia Tidbits Celebrating the Cinematic World " written and illustrated by Pluttark . Page 10 consists of " Animated Films Featuring Puppets : Not Recommended for Younger Viewers " and includes " The Dark Crystal " as well as " Team America " and " Meet the Feebles " ( which are not animated but do feature puppets ) . Page 50 features " Actors Who ' ve Played Gods in the Movies " including Whoopi Goldberg as The Boss in " It ' s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie " . Diary of a Wimpy Kid . Early in this novel by Jeff Kinney , there is a drawing of the main character ( Greg Heffley ) ' s little brother ( Manny ) , who is watching TV . The TV set is presumably tuned to " Sesame Street " due to the speech balloon which is saying , " C is for Cookie , and cookie is for me ! " In the third book in the series ( The Last Straw ) , at Greg ' s friend Rowley Jefferson ' s sleepover , the six - year - olds invited are interested in " Sesame Street " " or whatever " , " instead of girls , " according to Greg . Ghostwritten . Chapter 3 , " Hong Kong " , of this novel by David Mitchell contains a couple of mentions . In particular , one evening the narrator ( of that chapter ) notes one liasion during which " Sesame Street " is on the television in the background . ( It specifically mentions watching Big Bird , Ernie and Bert sing a song about a magic E that makes the A say its name . See page 90 to 91 of the paperback version of the book . Also the word Fraggle is used in Chapter 9 " Night Train " , see p . 384 of the paperback version . Gone With the Gin . Tim Federle ' s 2015 book of movie - inspired cocktail recipes includes " The Muppets Make Manhattans " . Goodnight Gorilla . In Peggy Rathmann ' s book , the armadillo at the zoo in this popular toddler book has an Ernie doll in his cage . The Harvard Mystique . On the front cover of the book , the title briefly read " The Harvard Mystique : The Power Syndrome That Affects Our Lives , From Sesame Street To The White House " . The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks . Kevin Clash is mentioned among the notable people who were raised in Turner Station , Maryland . Inside Larry & Sergey ' s Brain . In Richard L Brandt ' s biography of Larry Page and Sergey Brin there are at least two minor Muppet mentions . On page 3 he writes describing Larry Page " He rarely volunteers to answer questions unless specifically asked to address them . When he does , it ' s with a methodical intonation that sounds like a baritone version of Kermit the Frog " . Then on page 53 , while describing the formation of Page and Brin ' s company Google he writes " The first person they brought in , Craig Silverstein , is a computer geek in their own spiritual image . He looks the part . Short and slender , with a Stan Laurel chin and a usually shy demenour , in his spare time he runs an online fansite about Muppets . " Kids Are Weird : And Other Observations from Parenthood . A page from Jeffrey Brown ' s comedy book features a child ' s reaction to the of " The Muppet Show " . King Dork . A 2006 young adult novel by Frank Portman , King Dork follows the adventures of a high - school sophomore named Tom Henderson during the craziest semester of his life . While watching two competing goth metal bands at his high school ' s Festival of Lights , Tom tells the reader that " both singers were trying as hard as they could to impersonate the Cookie Monster " . Kissing Bill O ' Reilly , Roasting Miss Piggy . " Hate - Roasting Miss Piggy " is featured on pages 205 to 206 . The author prefaces his comments by stating that " Jim Henson is a genius , not a word I use lightly . " He goes on to describe Frank Oz and his various Muppet performances . In regard to Miss Piggy , he states that she is the " . . . most popular Muppet and the least funny , most obnoxious yet bland , culturally influential of Henson ' s creations . " He also laments her " trilled catchphrase " — " Moi ? " — and comments that he would " like nothing more than to see her roasted on an invented garbage - can - top platter held aloft by Oscar the Grouch , a rotten apple stuffing her mouth into silence . " Little Brother . In chapter 12 , the main character , Marcus , purchases " a T - shirt that had a Photoshop image of Grover and Elmo kicking the grown - ups Gordon and Susan off Sesame Street , " as part of the growing " Don ' t Trust Anyone Over 25 " popularity . Never Can Say Goodbye . Subtitled " Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York " , this 2014 book includes 27 essays from famous personages ( mostly writers ) about New York City . In " City of Mundane Fantasy " , Elliott Kalan writes of his childhood affection for the mundanities of Manhattan life : commuting on the subway , working in an office , wearing a suit and tie . He relates that his first exposure to this was in " The Muppets Take Manhattan " , when Kermit the Frog was afflicted with amnesia and became mundane businessfrog Phil . The Order of the Stick . " The Order of the Stick " is a webcomic but a handful of books have been published , some with original content . Snips , Snails , and Dragon Tales . In a parody of " Hamlet " , the play - within - a - play called " The Murder of Gonzago " is confused by Elan for " The Murder of Gonzo " . He ' s horrified to hear of the murder and thinks Camilla would be upset that it was turned into a play so soon after the event . Playing with Power . On the front cover of Marsha Kinder ' s book , the title read " Playing with Power in Movies , Television , and Video Games : From " Muppet Babies " to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " and in the book ' s official description , it read : The Schoolkids Joke Book . This joke book compiled by Brough Girling ( ISBN 0 - 00 - 692861 - 7 ) , published by Collins in 1988 contains two Muppet jokes . On p68 there is a joke by Caroline Green from Bovingdon School , Hemel Hempstead which reads " Q . Where Does Kermit keep his money ? A . In a Miss Piggy Bank " . While on p103 is a joke by Victoria Ladds , from Carlton School , Boston which reads " Q . What do you get if you cross Miss Piggy with itching poweder ? A . Pork Scratchings " . Smiles to Go . On pages 246 - 247 , near the end of the book during the graduation of the kids moving into the first grade , Kermit the Frog was heard singing " Rainbow Connection " . = = The Time Traveler ' s Wife = = On page 104 of Audrey Niffenegger ' s 2003 novel , Henry describes Clare ' s sculpture of tiny wisps and purple paper as " a cross between a Muppet and a bird ' s nest . "