Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video

Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video is a video series published by Random House Home Video. The series featured stills from various Sesame Street storybooks, all narrated by Big Bird.
Caroll Spinney performs not just Big Bird, but also all of the other Sesame Street character voices in these videos. (It is implied that Big Bird is imitating his friends' voices as he is reading the stories, as Caroll Spinney's Oscar the Grouch voice sounds a bit different in these videos.) The videos opened with Big Bird singing a theme song for the series, written by Dave Conner.
Image:Video.starttoread-erniesbigmess.jpg|1987Ernie's Big MessNobody Cares About Me!My Doll Is Lost!
Video.starttoread-iwanttogohome.jpg|1987I Want to Go Home!Bert and the Missing Mop Mix-UpTwo Wheels for Grovercat. no 89245
Image:Video.starttoread-dontcrybigbird.jpg|1991Don't Cry, Big BirdWait for Me!Grover and the New Kid
File:Video.starttoread-ernieslittlelie.jpg|1991Ernie's Little LieIt's Not Fair!Why Are You So Mean to Me?
==International releases==
In 1994, The Video Collection (now 2 Entertain) released the Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video series in the United Kingdom.
Image:Erniesbigmessukvhs2entertainvideo.jpg |1994Ernie's Big MessNobody Cares About Me!My Doll Is Lost!
Iwanttogohomeukvhs2entertainvideo.jpg|1994I Want to Go Home!Bert and the Missing Mop Mix-UpTwo Wheels for Grovercat. no 89245
Image:Don'tcrybigbirdukvhs2entertainvideo.jpg |1994Don't Cry, Big BirdWait for Me!Grover and the New Kid
Ernieslittlelieukvhs2entertainvideo.jpg|1994Ernie's Little LieIt's Not Fair!Why Are You So Mean to Me?
Additionally, the Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video series (except for I Want to Go Home!) was released on VCD in Singapore and Malaysia by Berjaya HVN circa 2001.
Erniesbigmessasianvcd.jpg|Ernie's Big MessNobody Cares About Me!My Doll Is Lost!cat. no 867006
Dontcrybigbirdasianvcd.jpg|Don't Cry, Big BirdWait for Me!Grover and the New Kidcat. no 891001
Ernieslittlelieasianvcd.jpg|Ernie's Little LieIt's Not Fair!Why Are You So Mean to Me?cat. no 843000
==Notes==
* For the Dutch dub of this video series, an unidentified female actress narrates the stories in the Ernie's Big Mess and I Want to Go Home! volumes. Sien Diels narrates the stories in Ernie's Little Lie and Don't Cry, Big Bird. Interestingly, the narration for Ernie's Little Lie and Don't Cry, Big Bird videos incorrectly have her narrate the stories as Big Bird (with the character's first-point-of-view terms left intact) and he is referred to as "Grote Vogel" instead of "Pino" (not to be confused with his Dutch counterpart cousin). Also, the character imitations in the particular video are more evident, compared to the other volumes.
==See also==
* Sesame Street Start-to-Read Books
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Category:Sesame Street Video Series
Category:Storybook Video
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