Episode 5430

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Elmo is of the belief that he does not have any books to introduce today's theme, but the book right beside him proves him wrong.
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo and Nina visit the Library to find some books - Nina needs a book to write a report with and Elmo wants the new Galactic Gail comic book. Librarian Frankie is unable to assist them, as she has a puppet show to perform in the story area. Grover happens by and claims he's a library expert. He dons the appropriate wardrobe and offers to help the two find their books. They're then joined by a quartet of Honkers, who also need assistance. The Honkers honk in excitement, but Elmo and Nina point out the signs regarding the area's "No Honking" policy.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Grover's search for their books leads them to the media center of the library. Grover is astonished to learn what computers are used for in the library.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Grover now leads everyone to the Biography section, where he just so happens to find a book of Marie Curie that Nina was looking for. There is still no sign of a Galactic Gail comic book for Elmo, though.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	The group now heads to the Fiction section, where Grover is able to help some of the Honkers find books, but there's still no sign of Elmo's book. Grover prevents them from taking the books away, until he learns that's how libraries work.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Nina shows Grover how the checkout process works. He's proud to have been so helpful to everyone, except Elmo is leaving the library empty handed. That is, until a volunteer posing as Galactic Gail (Zoë Kravitz) arrives and gives him a copy of the latest issue; Elmo is so starstruck he can barely speak. She checks out his book and leads everyone to the reading area for storytime.
 	Insert 	I Wonder, What If, Let's TryElmo rides his trike down the block and hears a song coming on...
 	Muppets 	Elmo and friends sing and clap as they find out the letter of the day - B.
 	Cartoon 	B Is For Book -- A young boy sings about reading.
 	Insert 	Elmo and Abby list different book types before hearing...
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster's Foodie TruckA young, Native American girl contacts the Monster Foodies, ordering some succotash (like the character in her book eats). Cookie Monster and Gonger find they have all they need, except the onions that Cookie has already eaten (giving him halitosis). Gonger feeds him a mint and directs them to the farm to get an onion.
 	Muppets 	Elmo and Abby pose as astronauts and sing about finding the number of the day by counting Martians. Today, there are 11.
 	Cartoon 	A young child musically recaps eleven books.
 	Cartoon 	Sesame Street Nature ExplorersElmo and Gabrielle ask Grandma Nell for a book about different kinds of leaves, but she has no such book. This gives Gabrielle the idea to make their own book about leaves, having already drawn one kind of leaf. She, Elmo and Tango discover a pointy and orange leaf, a yellow and round leaf, and a bright red leaf with many pointy segments. They bring all three leaves to Nell who teaches them that the orange one is from a sugar maple tree, the yellow one a poplar tree, and the red one a scarlet oak tree. Gabrielle and Elmo assemble their book by gluing the leaves into pages and complete it with a hand-drawn cover.
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo suggests books to a frog (Leslie Carrara-Rudolph), but the frog already "read it" (ribbit). When Elmo mentions "Frog Prince," the frog says "Read it? I lived it!" and goes into manic laughter.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 54