Elmo's Neighborhood

Elmo's Neighborhood is a set of Sesame Street board books published by Reader's Digest between 1998 and 2001. Each book is shaped like a building in the Sesame Street neighborhood.
Over the course of the series, a lost black puppy is hidden in various scenes in each building. Elmo's Apartment is implied as the last book in the series, as the puppy finally finds a home with Elmo.
The subscription-based books came bundled with a different figurine for every one of twelve shipments. A special offer also included a large floor mat onto which the books (shaped as buildings) could be placed alongside the figurines.
The series was later reissued under various formats and titles.
==Accessories==
File:Elmo's Neighborhood newspaper ad.jpg|newspaper ad
File:Elmo's Neighborhood box.jpg|subscription box
File:Elmo's Neighborhood mat.jpg|play mat
File:Puppy.jpg|PVC figures
==Titles==
File:ElmosNeighborhood123SesameStreet.jpg|123 Sesame Street
File:BigBirdsNest.jpg|Big Bird's Nest
File:ElmosNeighborhoodCountsCastle.jpg|The Count's Castle
File:ElmpsApartmentBook.jpeg|Elmo's Apartment
File:ElmosNeighborhoodFixItShop.jpg|The Fix-It Shop
File:Furryarmshotel.jpg|The Furry Arms Hotel
File:Book.groversfarm.jpg|Grover's Farm
File:ElmosNeighborhoodHoopersStore.jpeg|Hooper's Store
File:ElmosNeighborhoodSSCommunityCenter.jpg|Sesame Street Community Center
File:Doctorsoffice.jpg|Sesame Street Doctor's Office
File:Sesamestreetfirehouse.jpg|Sesame Street Firehouse
File:Houseofbeauty.jpg|Sesame Street House of Beauty
File:SesameStreetLibraryBookElmo.jpeg|Sesame Street Library
File:Movietheater.jpg|Sesame Street Movie Theater
File:Sesamestreetmuseum.jpg|Sesame Street Museum
File:Sesamepetshop.jpg|Sesame Street Pet Shop
File:ElmosNeighborhoodSSPlayground.jpg|Sesame Street Playground
File:SesameStreetPoliceStation.jpg|Sesame Street Police Station
File:ElmosNeighborhoodSSPostOffice.jpg|Sesame Street Post Office
File:Restaurant.jpg|Sesame Street Restaurant
File:ElmosNeighborhoodSesameStreetSchool.jpeg|Sesame Street School
File:ElmosNeighborhoodSSSupermarket.jpg|Sesame Street Supermarket
File:ElmosNeighborhoodSSTrainStation.jpg|Sesame Street Train Station
File:Sszoo.jpg|Sesame Street Zoo
==Reissues==
===Read with Elmo===
Reader's Digest reissued six of the titles in hardback as a series titled Read with Elmo in 2006.
File:Read with Elmo 123 Sesame.jpg|123 Sesame Street
File:Read with Elmo Firehouse.jpg|Sesame Street Firehouse
File:Read with Elmo Fix-It Shop.jpg|The Fix-It Shop
File:Read with Elmo Library.jpg|Sesame Street Library
File:Read with Elmo Playground.jpg|Sesame Street Playground
File:Read with Elmo Police.jpg|Sesame Street Police Station
===Where Is the Puppy?===
In 2009, Dalmatian Press began to reissue the series under the title Where Is the Puppy? Twenty of the twenty-four titles received new editions; the missing titles were Sesame Street Movie Theater, Sesame Street Museum, Sesame Street Restaurant, and Sesame Street Zoo.
Each book features "Elmo's Everyday Words", a glossary of eight words from the story, and "Big Bird's Big Ideas", a glossary of four more abstract words. The featured words are printed in blue throughout the story. 
File:123SesameStreetBook2009.jpg|123 Sesame Street
File:BigBirdsNest2009Book.jpg|Big Bird's Nest
File:puppy community center.jpg|The Community Center
File:TheCountsCastleBook2009.jpg|The Count's Castle
File:the doctor's office puppy.jpg|The Doctor's Office
File:Elmo's Birthday book.jpg|Elmo's Birthday
File:Puppy2010Firehouse.jpg|The Firehouse
File:TheFixItShopBook2009.jpg|The Fix-It Shop
File:FurryArmsHotelBook.jpg|The Furry Arms Hotel
File:GroversFarmBook2009.jpg|Grover's Farm
File:SSHairSalon.jpg|The Hair Salon
File:HoopersStoreBook.jpg|Hooper's Store
File:TheLibrary2009Book.jpg|The Library
File:Where is the Puppy - Pet Shop.jpg|The Pet Shop
File:ThePlayground2009Book.jpg|The Playground
File:ThePoliceStationBook2009.jpg|The Police Station
File:puppy post office.jpg|The Post Office
File:Theschoolhouse.jpg|The Schoolhouse
File:puppy supermarket.jpg|The Supermarket
File:TrainStationBook2009.jpg|The Train Station
===Lights & Music Treasury===
Publications International released a collection of eleven stories under the title Elmo's Neighborhood: Lights & Music Treasury in 2009.
===Mobile app===
Sesame Workshop launched a new series of iPhone apps in 2009, allowing adults to record their voices reading Sesame books for kids that they love to hear. The app launched with four titles from the "Where Is the Puppy?" series -- "123 Sesame Street", "The Firehouse", "The Fix-It Shop" and "The Playground".Goode, Lauren. "Sesame Bringing E-Books to the iPhone", The Wall Street Journal blog. December 22, 2009.
==Sources==
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Category:Reader's Digest