♪ La la la la ♪

♪ la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la ♪

♪ Elmo's full of wonder ♪

♪ Wonder what he will discover ♪

♪ In Elmo's wonderful world ♪

(Elmo laughing)

- Hi, welcome to Elmo's World!

Oh, guess what Elmo is wondering about today?

Wait for it. (metallic tinkling)

Wait for it. (metallic tinkling)

Oh, books!

What you reading Bert?

- Oh, it's the exciting adventures

of Unise the mail carrying pigeon.

- Wow, boy Elmo loves books

and wants to find out more about them.

Hey, let's ask Elmo's friend Smartie!

Let's call her together.

- [Elmo & Children] Oh Smartie!

(phone rings)

(bouncy bloops) (Elmo laughs)

- Hiya Elmo, I just came from the circus

walking a tightrope!

- Elmo didn't know that Smartie could walk a tightrope!

- I can't, but when I read a book, I use my imagination

and it's like, I'm right in the middle of the action!

- Okay, Elmo gets it!

Smartie was reading a book about the circus.

- Yep! (Elmo giggles)

- Oh, well that's perfect!

Because Elmo wants to find out all about books.

- What do we do to learn something new?

- [Elmo, Smartie & Children] We look it up!

(digital beeping) (playful instrumental music)

- Getting a read on books!

Here we go!

Oh, wow!

There are all kinds of books.

Chapter books.

Picture books.

Comic books.

And even coloring books!

- [Elmo] Yeah, cool!

- [Smartie] There are even books

you can read on a screen, like mine.

(Elmo giggles)

Some books tell you how to do things.

Books can tell you lots of things

about different places and people.

And there are books of made up stories

about pretend places and imaginary people.

You can even write books of your own!

Anyone can be an author.

- Oo, oh, ho, ho, ho!

Cool!

Books really are amazing.

- They sure are!

Okay, got a book it Elmo!

I can't wait to find out (bouncing bloops)

how the story I'm reading turns out!

- Thank you Smartie, buh bye! (descending xylophone)

Boy, anybody can write a book huh?

He eh eh hay, that gives Elmo and idea!

Come on, let's play game together.

Yeah (giggles) come on, come on!

(playful instrumental music)

Let's write our own story!

First, we got to decide where our story takes place.

It could be at a jungle or at a pirate ship

or in a restaurant!

- [Children] Pirate ship!

- [Elmo] Pirate ship, okay!

So once upon a time, (digital beeps)

on a pirate ship, there was a pirate.

The pirate wanted to play a game!

Should we have the pirate play catch,

hopscotch or tic tac toe?

- [Children] Catch!

- [Elmo] Catch? Okay!

The pirate needs someone to play catch with!

- [Boy] A shark.

- [Girl] Yeah, a shark!

- [Elmo] A shark! (digitizing effects)

That's a great idea! (descending woodwinds)

And they play catch happily ever after!

The end.

(giggling) Wow! Great job, we did it!

(buoy bell rings) (chimes tinkling)

Boy, that makes Elmo wonder even more!

Does Mr. Nudo know about books?

Oh, let's ask him.

Hey Mr. Nudo!

Oh,

Mr. Nudo?

Where is he?

(ting giggling) (curtain hooks rattling)

(Elmo laughs) (warbling trumpet)

There he is, hey Mr. Nudo!

Mr. Nudo, Mr. Nudo, do you like to read books?

(warbling saw blade)

Show us some of your books Mr. Nudo.

(questioning trumpet)

Mr. Nudo, (playful triangle)

is that a booK?

- [Children] No!

- [Girl] That's not a book! (surprising trumpet)

That's a watermelon! (low bell ding)

- [Elmo] Show us how you read a book!

- [Boy] That's not a book either.

- [Girl] He's reading a bottle of milk!

(triangle ringing) - That's not a book,

that's a milk bottle!

(giggling) Books have pages!

Mr. Nudo where's your book?

- [Girl] It's little! (descending trumpet)

It's a itty bitty book!

- [Elmo] How are you ever gonna read a book that small?

(warbling flute) (whistle blows)

(objects rattling) (squeezing plastic pop)

A great idea!

(giggling) Oh, Elmo guesses you can read a book that way!

(laughing) Thank you for showing us

how to read a book Mr. Nudo.

(tiny giggling) (rattling curtain hooks)

Boy, learning new things makes Elmo so happy,

it makes him want to dance!

(upbeat pop music) Come on!

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪

Let's see your happy dance!

(giggles) Yeah, cool!

See you next time!

Keep learning, Elmo loves you!

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ Happy happy, dance dance ♪

♪ When we learn something new ♪

♪ We do the happy dance, dance ♪

Yay!

(object whooshing)