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We love Sesame Street and have been fans for decades. This book has the classic Sesame Street vibe we all love. The book is illustrated in a comic book style, with bright & bold colors and exciting art. In this story Groves has awakened to a beautiful, happy day and he can't wait to share it with his friends. When Grover finds his friends and quickly learns that each friend has a problem that keeps them from enjoying the beautiful day. As usual kind and caring Grover wants to help. He lends a hand to help each friend.
I love the messages the story shares. We see the importance of friendship, helping others and the benefits of working together.
This story is great for the Sesame Street fan in your life and any young child. It is also great for early childhood &
elementary school classrooms.
Enjoy the fun with your little ones. A great way to introduce the comic book style to young children.
Enjoy the adventure together.

A million stars

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Most of us Gen Y-ers know Grover as a cute furry monster that makes a lot of mistakes. He learns from them but often with comedic mishaps -- plants are alive though they can't move, hats won't come to you if you call them, and customer service needs to offer more training.

This graphic novel takes a different approach. With no adults on Sesame Street in this graphic novel, Grover decides to solve everyone's problems. when Count needs help counting, Elmo is overwhelmed with decision paralysis, Big Bird struggles with no-Ikea instructions and so forth, maybe a bit of teamwork will save the day. I also agree with Cookie Monster that cookie dough ice cream is one of the best so he is right on that regard.

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A graphic novel featuring characters for Sesame Street. This may be a good parent and child read to learn about graphic novels. May be picked up by some elementary school students but may not be as into Sesame Street as a younger audiencer would be.

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What a cute Story about helping.
I guess Sesame Street books are a no-brainer to me anyways, because of the great quality of Illustrations as sell as writing.

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Grover wakes up to a beautiful day and is sad when he notices that his friends are not enjoying it, as they have many problems that require their help. Grover ends up learning that helping your friends is a great thing to do and that it's essential to ask for help when needed.

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For Sesame Street fans of all ages, GROVER LENDS A HAND is a colourful and engaging read that espouses the value of helping others and the beauty that can be found in doing so. The reader is taken on a journey through the beloved community of friends on Sesame Street as Grover does what he does best - be there for his friends. A very important message, especially in today’s ever changing world. This book is a welcome addition to any classroom or personal library. Recommend.

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It was good to revisit childhood. I enjoyed the illustrations. I would have preferred the flow: problem 1, problem 2, solution for the graphic novel. Thank you for the review copy!

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This was such a sweet story about teamwork and working together! It had a fun, positive vibe and (of course!) featured adorable illustrations of our favorite Muppet pals. While I didn’t feel it fully captured the unique voices of the characters—aside from Cookie Monster, who was spot-on—it was still an enjoyable read. The format felt a bit long and slightly off for the typical Sesame Street age group, but overall, I had a good time with it.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the e-ARC!

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This was a nostalgic romp through my childhood. I thought story was very sweet and entertaining and my grandson was very taken with the sesame street characters. We loved it

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This was a really sweet story about working together! It had a great vibe, and of course, great illustrations of our favorite muppet pals. I didn't think it particularly captured the "voice" of the characters (aside from Cookie Monster, perhaps) and I thought it was really long/an odd format for the Sesame Street demographic, but I did enjoy it! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for letting me read!

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Very excited to read about Sesame Street! My toddler loves when Oscar is around, so we espeially loved Grover Lends a Hand! It is comic book style which was a little off putting at first, but once we started reading, it was easy to follow along.

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I remember watching Sesame Street as a kid growing up. I requested this book to read with a family member. I will Say that even my puppy seemed to sit and listen to it with us. This Story is geared toward children under 10. I liked that it was put in graphic novel style instead of 1 picture per page. This Story centers around Grover but all the main cast for the most part make some sort of appearance. Grover seems happy and willing to help his friends as he goes about his day but will he be able to solve all the worlds problems or in this case Sesame Streets problems on his own? Definitely not. For children I felt the messages of the story were teamwork, not giving up on your goals and problem solving mainly. Even Oscar who is usually a Grouch was helpful in the story. I will also admit being that I watched the show growing up and have Many Nieces and Nephews of all ages now I found myself reading this in some spots in the character voices especially Elmo’s Parts. This would make a great read with your younger children. Many thanks to #Netgalley OniPress and Joey Esposito for the advanced E copy allowing me to read this and share my honest review with the world.

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This comic book style title, has engaging graphics and a positive story line. Kids will enjoy seeing the familiar Sesame Street characters interact with each other.

Grover wakes up cheerful but the friends that he meets are not quite as happy. Will Grover be able to save the day? (of course, he will).

Kids get a message that emphasizes helping each other to solve problems. Cooperation is the theme of this book.

This title will make a nice addition to the bookshelves of Sesame Street fans.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

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i requested this book to read with my child and we both loved it so much!
colourful, fun and nostalgic! a beautiful story to read with your child!
all our favourite characters need help starting their day on sesame street and Grover decides to do what he does best, lend a hand!
filled with fun and real moments, this is the perfect book to bond over or reminisce

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Grover has always been my favorite Sesame Street character so I always appreciate a book that puts him front and center. Often times on the show Grover's attempts at helping tend to bring on a little bit of chaos so I also liked that he has the chance to show what a great friend and problem solver he can be. The message of not only being able to ask for help, but to be able to give help to others is a really good one for young children. This book also draws in so many familiar faces from Sesame Street that young readers are sure to see at least one of their own favorites.

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Who does not love the inhabitants of Sesame Street? This is a great children’s book about helping others, problem solving, and friendship. Grover learns a lesson, but so do all of his friends and the readers, too! Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

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For young readers this book was very hard to follow as it is presented like a graphic novel. The graphics are very eye catching, but for a young reader it bounced around a lot. The book cover and Sesame Street will catch a young readers attention, but I would suggest this book to a young reader who is getting interested in graphic novels as it is short. Thank you to NetGalley and Oni Press for the advanced reader copy.

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My one year old and I absolutely cherished this book together. It was darling! The pictures were so fun and the storyline was precious. Such a cute read.

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We love any book filled with our favorite Sesame Street characters. It’s an immediate attention grabber for my three year old. This book was a cute story about Grover seeing his friends struggling with various things, but by seeing that they each could help each other, Grover helped them all! Grover was the ultimate “I know a guy” friend in this book…
As the adult reading the book with my pre-schooler, I struggled a bit with the way Grover didn’t lend a hand himself for some of the easy-to-help tasks. While I understand the intent was to enable the “swapping of skills” to help each-other, there is also value in just helping to help… not requiring or expecting an exchange of services in order to earn that help.
Over all a cute story that we enjoyed.

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This was a cute story of the neighborhood helping each other out. I liked the comic book style of it. They story might get long for younger kids who like sesame street, so I would say this would be geared towards a little bit older kids.

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