The Monster at the End of this Book

Lately I've been finding and reading a lot of old school Sesame Street books to my class (none of that new age Elmo crap for my kids). Mouth was telling me his favourite is The Monster at the End of this Book, published in 1971. In this book Grover, in his hilarious spazzy way, tries to get you to stop turning the pages of the book because he is scared of the supposed monster at the end. The art is similar style to a comic book and it's pretty unique because it's very self-aware that it's a book.

I don't remember this book from my own childhood, so I went to the net for more information. I found myself on youtube where I made a very interesting discovery. Apparently Mouth isn't the only one who loves Monster at the End of this Book. In fact, there are many people reading this book aloud for the world to hear and I find many of them very humorous. So here's my top 5 youtube readings of Monster at the End of this Book:

1) Nonny reading to Camden
2) Little Keelin's turn to read
3) Did this guy just escape from prison?
4) This kid acts out his own version of the story
5) This girl DOES NOT want you to turn the page!!!!!!

If anyone can find me a copy of this book for my classroom, I promise I will record my own amusing youtube reading. And I mean the original, not the cheesy remake with Elmo published in 2000. No Elmo allowed in my classroom!!