Jon Stone
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Jon Stone is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Jon Stone
Jon Stone (1931-1997) was Sesame Street's first head writer and one of its principal directors and producers for more than 24 years, and he won eighteen Emmy Awards. He wrote The Monster at the End of This Book, published as a Little Golden Book in 1971.
The Monster at the End of This Book is the bestselling Sesame Street book of all time, with almost 13 million copies sold as of 2021, and is one of the ten bestselling Little Golden Books.
Also by this author: Another Monster at the End of This Book
Publisher page: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/29996/jon-stone
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.