Elmo's Day at the Beach

Join Elmo and the Sesame Street friends for some fun in the sun with this delightful storybook, the perfect summer read for kids and introduction to STEM!

Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and the beloved Sesame Street friends are headed to the beach and excited to build the best sandcastle ever, but they soon discover it may come with more challenges than they first thought. With all their curious minds at work, will their sandcastle soon stand tall?

From the world-renowned children's education brand Sesame Workshop comes a summertime picture book introducing kids to the power of teamwork, perseverance, and STEM principles. Full of bright artwork, fun rhymes, as well as a bonus spread of educational back matter to support further STEM learning with young children, Elmo's Day at the Beach is a wonderful classroom read aloud, gift for the end of the school year, summer break, beach trips, bedtime read aloud, or fun anytime! Perfect for toddlers and kids ages 3 to 7, this book encourages readers to ask questions, make mistakes, and never give up.

Elmo's excited for a great summer day--

ready to swim, to explore, and to play.

It's time to start building and having some fun!

Let's make the best sandcastle under the sun!

Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind the world-renowned children's program Sesame Street. With the mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, Sesame Workshop has worked with educators to develop programs tailored to the unique needs of children all over the world. Sesame Workshop works to teach the whole child, providing lessons on topics from ABCs and 123s to health, emotional well-being, and respect.

Barry Goldberg has worked as a professional artist/illustrator for over 25 years. He got his big break working at Neal Adams Continuity studio in NYC. He then worked as a freelance illustrator, a colorist at DC Comics, illustrating packaging for toy companies including Nintendo, Mattel, and Fisher Price. He has illustrated over 200 picture books mostly based on popular children's TV shows such as....Sesame Street, the Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and the Henson Company. In 2006, he accepted a position as Character Art Director/Head Illustrator at H.I.T Entertainment where he oversaw all character art relating to Thomas the Tank Engine, Barney, and Bob the Builder. In 2013, Barry was offered a position at Sesame Workshop, to be on staff as one of the Character Artists drawing Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and the rest of the gang. Currently he has been mostly illustrating Sesame Street picture books. Recently, after many years of mostly working digitally Barry returned to paint on canvas and his work is on exhibit at The Walnut Gallery in Longmont, CO. Barry lives on Long Island, New York with his wife, who is a public school teacher. They have three grown children: 2 artists, 1 normal.