Emily Perl Kingsley

thumb|300px|right|Kingsley on Science Education for Season 40.
Emily Perl Kingsley (b. 1940) is a writer who joined the Sesame Street team in 1970, and retired in 2015."'Sesame Street' writer discusses inclusion of disabled at JAFCO event", Jewish Journal, June 1, 2017.
Her son, Jason, was born with Down syndrome in 1974. She wrote a widely read article on the subject, "Welcome to Holland," in 1987, and has been an activist for children with special needs for over 30 years.
Her son's story became the topic of an hour-long NBC special in 1977, titled This Is My Son, and Jason co-wrote the book Count Us In: Growing Up With Down Syndrome. By 1981, the duo was making over 100 appearances a year for various groups.Eleanor Berman, " 'Sesame Street' Boy Helps the Disabled", New York Times, October 11, 1981. In 1989, her experience raising Jason informed her screenplay for the TV movie Kids Like These which features an appearance by Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and a voiceover cameo by Joan Ganz Cooney.
Though Kingsley had written scripts for disabled children in the past, her experiences with Jason increased her desire to mainstream the use of different kinds of people, including Jason himself in occasional segments, as well as guest stars like Itzhak Perlman and Christopher Reeve, and the integration of Tarah Schaeffer as a full cast member: 
Kingsley has written over 20 children's books, hundreds of Sesame songs, and two Sesame home video releases (Learning to Share and Elmo Says BOO!). She writes for other companies as well, and has contributed to Disney Interactive CD-ROMs of 101 Dalmatians and The Little Mermaid.
She has won 21 Emmys and 9 nominations through her work with Sesame Street, three EDIs (Equality, Dignity, Independence Award) and a Grand EDI from Easter Seals, and an award from the National Theatre of the Deaf.
Kingsley began a more direct foray into puppetry when she performed her piece In a Contemplative Fashion at 2006's O'Neill Puppetry Conference, with puppeteers Amanda Maddock, Ryan Dillon, Lorraine Gilman, and Stefano Brancato.
==Credits==
===Television & Videos===
* Sesame Street: Writer (1970-2015, seasons 2-46)
* Learning to Share: Writer
* Elmo Says BOO!
* Five Sesame Street Stories: Video adaptation
* Learning is Everywhere
* Elmo's World: Pets
* Elmo's World: Farms
* Elmo's World: Shoes
* Elmo's World: Books
* Elmo the Musical ("Airplane the Musical")
===Episodes===
Sesame Street episodes written by Kingsley include (an added R indicates a main storyline repeat):
* Episode 0523
* Episode 1579
* Episode 1581
* Episode 1588
* Episode 1599
* Episode 1617
* Episode 1663
* Episode 1664
* Episode 1718
* Episode 1724
* Episode 1748
* Episode 1838
* Episode 1845
* Episode 1848
* Episode 1856
* Episode 1876
* Episode 1908
* Episode 1921
* Episode 1939
* Episode 1947
* Episode 2006
* Episode 2020	
* Episode 2081
* Episode 2090
* Episode 2111 (R)
* Episode 2112 (R)
* Episode 2124
* Episode 2127
* Episode 2133
* Episode 2160
* Episode 2249 (R)
* Episode 2275
* Episode 2280
* Episode 2336
* Episode 2338
* Episode 2353
* Episode 2359
* Episode 2405
* Episode 2497
* Episode 2536
* Episode 2558
* Episode 2573
* Episode 2600
* Episode 2636	
* Episode 2650
* Episode 2669
* Episode 2698
* Episode 2703
* Episode 2725
* Episode 2810
* Episode 2842
* Episode 2910
* Episode 2938
* Episode 2964
* Episode 3015
* Episode 3065
* Episode 3113
* Episode 3126
* Episode 3165 (R)
* Episode 3178
* Episode 3203
* Episode 3224
* Episode 3264 (R)
* Episode 3487
* Episode 3673 (R)	
* Episode 3740
* Episode 3742
* Episode 3805
* Episode 3884
* Episode 3907
* Episode 3948
* Episode 3991
* Episode 4034
* Episode 4038
* Episode 4062
* Episode 4101
* Episode 4133
* Episode 4140
* Episode 4178
* Episode 4194
* Episode 4221
* Episode 4303
* Episode 4307
* Episode 4319
* Episode 4420 (R)
* Episode 4518
===Segments===
Sesame Street segments written by Kingsley include:
* Quiet and Loud 
* The Legend of the Lovely Lady Linda 
* Ike and the Ilk 
* Christopher Reeve sketch Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show Emily Perl Kingsley (Writer) || Ep. 82 (29:19) January 4, 2023
===Books===
* Big Bird Follows the Signs
* The Sesame Street Book of Fairy Tales
* The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover
* The Little Red Hen
* Farley Goes to the Doctor
* The Great Cookie Thief
* Big Bird and Little Bird's Big & Little Book
* The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook
* The Sesame Street Pet Show
* The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites
* What Do You Do?
* Everyone Makes Mistakes
* I Can Do It Myself
* A Baby Sister for Herry
* The Sesame Street Treasury
* A Sitter for Baby Monster
* The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures
* The Sesame Street Library
* Big Bird's Busy Book
* Cookie Monster's Storybook
* The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook
===Other publications===
* Family Circle "A Sesame Street Holiday Story: Grover's Gift"
===Song Credits===
File:SometimesFood.jpg|"A Cookie Is a Sometime Food"
File:Song.Adding-CM.jpg|"Adding"
File:Mpiece.fiddler.jpg|"Addition"
File:Song.Air.GuySmiley.jpg|"Air"
File:Antarctica.jpg|"Antarctica!"
File:Anybodycansing.jpg|"Anybody Can Sing"
File:4062f.jpg|"Anybody Who Loves a Parade March"
File:Arrow-Song.jpg|"Arrow Song"
File:AtYourLibrary1.jpg |"At Your Library"
File:BalladOfSlipperySlim.jpg|"The Ballad of Slippery Slim"
File:FrontBackOpera.jpg|"Back Front Song Muppet Opera"
File:BarnInUSA.jpg|"Barn in the USA"
File:Beep.jpg|"Beep"
File:2725a.jpg|"Before and After"
File:0923 01.jpg|"Bellybutton"
File:1207_Bert%27s_Love_Song.jpg|"Bert's Love Song"
File:1735a.jpg|"Big and Little Song"
File:ETM-Fair.png|"Big Bigger Biggest County Fair"
File:2938k.jpg|"Big Bird's Rock Song
File:2938m.jpg|"Big Bird's Rock 'n Roll Song
File:AMs-BrushingSong.jpg|"Brush Your Teeth"
File:4319d.png|"Building Song"
File:3154v.jpg|"Cerrado/Abierto"
File:Song.Chopsticks.SS.jpg|"Chopsticks Song"
File:1091-11.jpg|"City-Country Song"
File:MozartAlphabet.jpg|"Classical Alphabet Song"
File:HoopersProblem01.jpg|"Come Along with Me"
File:3907e.jpg|"Come Back, Letter T"
File:LearningToShare-Cooperate.jpg|"Cooperation Song"
File:4109y.jpg|"Count Me In"
File:Song.countingbackwardsinspanish.jpg|"Counting Backwards in Spanish"
File:3977x.jpg|"Counting Forwards and Backwards"
File:0751 Counting is Wonderful.jpg|"Counting Is Wonderful"
File:Darton1to5.jpg|"Counting One to Five"
File:CuriousCantata.jpg|"The Curious Cantata"
File:3948d.jpg|"Doin' the Cat"
File:3438.ComingSoon.jpg|"Doin' the Grouch"
File:DWID.jpg|"Do What I Do"
File:ElmoRapAlphabet.jpg|"Elmo's Rap Alphabet"
File:4124y.jpg|"Everything's Coming Up Noses"
File:Song-exploring.jpg|"Explore"
File:2650c.jpg|"Fast and Slow"
File:Plane-Flap.png|"Flapping Song"
File:FirefighterDad.jpg|"Firefighter Dad"
File:2938o.jpg|"Gimme Some Rock 'n Roll"
File:Bob-GoldenSlumbers.jpg|"Golden Slumbers"
File:GoodNight-WakeUp.jpg|"Good Night, Wake Up Lullaby"
File:4194d.jpg|"Happy Birthday, Stinky"
File:Whenitsmybirthday.jpg|"Happy Birthday To Me"
File:BobLinda-GreetingSong.jpg|"Hello Song"
2698e.jpg|"Here and There"
File:1396d.jpg|"High, Middle, Low"
File:CountRuler.jpg|"How Deep is Your Bathtub"
File:Ep3277.jpg|"Hush! Hush!"
File:0644d.jpg|"I"
File:0824h.jpg|"I Really Like You"
File:ServiceDog.jpg|"I Want to Be a Service Dog"
File:Secretplaces.between.jpg|"I'm Between"
File:I'mCold.jpg|"I'm Cold"
File:Plane-Married.png|"I'm Getting Married at Eleven"
File:1800-23.jpg|"I'm Under the Weather Over You"
File:2336e.jpg|"Important"
File:Eb-circle.jpg|"It's a Circle"
File:100010.jpg|"It's a Yucchy Old Place"
File:4101b.jpg|"It's Mine"
File:1856c.jpg|"Just Say Howdy"
File:1257-Scarecrows.jpg|"Knee, Shoulder, Ankle Song"
File:1845b.jpg|"The Letter B"
File:BBSnuffyVaudeville.jpg|"Letter S Song"
File:2636streetstory1.jpg|"Listen (Conner)"
File:Bob-ListeningSong.jpg|"The Listening Song"
File:3165j.jpg|"Lost Bug Blues"
File:Opera-Blending.jpg|"Madame Schwartzhead Blending"
File:1579b.jpg|"Makin' a Move"
File:1310-Milk02.jpg|"Milk"
File:1856h.jpg|"Music's Good for Anything You're Feelin'"
File:1116b.jpg|"Noise"
File:Song.NoMatterHowYouCountThem.jpg|"No Matter How You Count Them"
File:Countessnumber.jpg|"Number of the Day Waltz"
File:Song-OW.jpg|"Ow"
File:Sitrightdownandplan.jpg|"Planning Song"
File:Bob-Practice.jpg|"Practice Song"
File:0797 President Bird.jpg|"President Bird"
File:0923 President Cookie.jpg|"President Cookie"
File:PutACircle.jpg|"Put a Circle"
File:2133a.jpeg|"Q is for Quick"
File:2073n.jpg|"Rainy Day Madrigal"
File:3948j.jpg|"Remember"
File:1260 03.jpg|"Remembering"
File:1836m.jpg|"Run Song"
File:2964b.jpg|"She'll Be Comin' on the Subway"
File:Shpritz!.jpeg|"Shpritzer Honker Splasher Song"
File:Songofthecount.jpg|"The Song of The Count"
File:4116y.jpg|"Sound of the Letter L"
File:4518g.png|"Sticks and Stones"
File:TellyTheDad.jpg|"Telly the Dad"
File:1899-Farm.jpg|"That Indiana Farm Where I Was Born"
File:4194i.jpg|"Water, Sun, and Love"
File:Pollydarton.jpg|"Wavin' Goodbye to You With My Heart"
File:3816h.jpg|"We're All Growin'"
File:4303e.png|"We're On Our Way"
File:1891 02.jpg|"When a Grouch Gets Sick"
File:FeelingsLP.jpg|"When I Was Little"
File:3884d.jpg|"Where's My Bear?"
File:3319d.jpg|"Workout in a Chair"
File:YesSong01.jpg|"Yes Song"
File:1452b.jpg|"You Are What You Eat"
==Notes==
On some early projects, she is credited as "E. Kaplin" or "Emily Kaplin"
* The Wonderful World of Sesame Street
** credited as Emily Kaplin for "High, Middle, Low"
* Bert's Blockbusters
** credited as Emily Kaplin for "High, Middle, Low"
* Rechov Sumsum Program 1
** credited as E. Kaplin for "Tall, middle, short" ("High, Middle, Low")
* Sesame Street Gold!
** credited as Emily Kaplin for "High, Middle, Low"
* Bert and Ernie: Side by Side
** credited as Emily Kaplin for "High, Middle, Low"
* The Sesame Street Storybook
==Sources==
==External links==
* Journey of Hearts "Welcome to Holland"
* Vault.com article
* Creative Parents interview
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