The Monster At The End Of This Book

The Monster At The End Of This Book is a 1971 Sesame Street Book By Jon Stone and Illustrated by Michael Smollin published by Golden Books.

Plot:
In This Book, Grover Reads The Book's Title And Is Scared To Find Out That There Is A Monster At The End Of This Book, He Begs The Reader Not To Finish It As If To Avoid Meeting The It But The Reader Turns The Page Anyways.

To keep the reader from turning pages, Grover constructs obsticles like tying the pages together, nailing the page to the next one and finally building a brick wall but nothing works.

On the second to last page, Grover makes a final plea not to turn the last page, only to discover that the monster is himself, he tries to kid with the reader saying that he knew it the whole time and that the reader was so scared but in the end grover is terribly embarressed.

Sequal
In 1996, The Book Got A Sequal Called Another Monster At The End Of This Book Which Stars Grover and Elmo, In This Book Grover as in the previous book begs the reader not to turn any pages as to avoid meeting the monster at the book's end but Elmo wants to see the monster and encourages the reader to turn the pages.

Reissues
The Book Got It's First Reissue by Jellybean Books in 1999, A Second By Big Birds Favorite Board Books in 2000, 2 More Golden Book Reissues in 2003 and 2004, A 5th Reissue By Golden Books in 2017 with Grover Plushie, And 2 More Golden Book Reissues in the 2020s in honor to celebrate Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary.

Animation
On August 1, 2009, Hinkler Books Released a DVD Adaptation Of The Book, Grover (Voiced by Eric Jacobson) tells the story while a hand (played bt Edward Dix) turns the pages.

On December 7, 2009, Sesame Workshop Released an ebook adaptation of the book with highlights (the ebook is no longer availible).

In 2010, Itunes released an app version of the book with Grover voiced once again by Eric Jacobson, the app was downloaded over 100 times as of 2021.

In 2020, Pheonix released a sound book adaptation of the book.

Special
In 2020, An Animated Special Adaptation Of The Book Aired On HBO called The Monster At The End Of This Story, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Abby Cadabby and Oscar were added in the TV special.