The Monster at the End of This Book The Monster at the End of This Book was published in 1971 by Golden Press . It was written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin . In this book , Grover is horrified to learn that there is a at the end of the book and begs the reader not to finish it , so as to avoid the monster . He uses several methods to try and keep the reader from progressing , including tying the pages shut and cementing them together with bricks . After each page is turned , the results of the failed effort is shown , and Grover tries a new method to keep the reader from turning yet another page . To the amusement and relief of Grover , the monster at the end of the book turns out to be none other than himself , leaving the latter very embarrassed over what he had just went through . In its first year of publication , the book , which is one of the first to star Grover , sold two million copies . According to an internal Children ' s Television Workshop newsletter , " this figure , according to publishing sources , is an all - time one - year sales record for a single book . " The book ' s style , with Grover speaking directly to the reader in comic book - style word balloons , was used in other 1970s and early 1980s " Sesame " books , including " Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum " ( 1974 ) , " Oscar ' s Book " ( 1975 ) , " Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable , Furry Old Grover ? " ( 1976 ) , " Big Bird ' s Red Book " ( 1977 ) and " Lovable Furry Old Grover ' s Resting Places " ( 1984 ) . Sequels and variations . A sequel , " Another Monster at the End of This Book " , was published in 1996 . It was also written by Stone and illustrated by Smollin , and features Grover and Elmo as the other monster at the end of the book . A personalized version of the book was released in 2004 by Random House ; purchasers could order the book with a personalized dedication page . In 2006 , Random House published an " interactive " version of the book , " Please Do Not Open this Book ! " , which included moving parts and flaps . On January 30 , 2013 , Sesame Street ' s official Twitter feed was taken over by Grover , who is told there ' s a monster at the end of the Twitter conversation , with a blacked out photo of Grover slowly being revealed with each tweet . The conversation included a shout - out from Grover to actor Wil Wheaton who retweeted and commented on the live - stream of tweets . The 2013 DVD , " Being Brave " , is framed with sequences of Grover trying to avoid the " Monster at the End of This Show . " Animation and eBooks . In 2009 , Hinkler Books released the book with a StoryVision DVD adaptation of the book . Grover ( Eric Jacobson ) narrates the story as a child ' s hand ( played by Edward Dix ) turns the pages . Smollin ' s original art inspires the animation by Neil Goodridge . On December 7 , 2009 , Sesame Workshop released the book as an audio - enabled free eBook with highlights . In 2010 , iTunes released an special animated version of the book for iPad . Like the StoryVision DVD adaptation of the book from 2009 , this version is once again narrated by Eric Jacobson as the voice of Grover . In 2012 , Amazon Digital Services released a Kindle edition of the book .