If I Lived Alone: Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets

This is a story about a little girl who lives in a house with her parents, older sister, and baby brother. It's crowded in the house and she has to share a room and her toys and books, and sometimes she thinks about how great it would be to live alone: everything in her room would be hers alone, she would never have to help around the house, she could be as loud or as quiet as she wanted, she could eat as much ice cream as she wants, and she could stay up as late as she wants. But she would also miss all the things she loves about her family. So in the end, she decides that she couldn't live alone because she would be lonely and her family would miss her. It's a very sweet book with a great message. Although it is in the Sesame Street Book Club series and is illustrated in the style of Jim Henson's Muppets, no recognizable Muppets appear in the book (i.e. no Elmo, Grover, Kermit, etc.). So it stands alone even if your child isn't familiar with the Sesame Street characters.

Great book! My friend bought this for my three year old son after he announced he was movng out. The girl in the story contemplates the thought and finally decides that she's needed in the house. My son loves the book and reads it over and over again. He's almost 4, by the way. and hasn't move out yet.