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 co-creator, head writer, and defining director — winner of eighteen Emmys — and The Monster at the End of This Book distills his genius: comedy built from a child's own power over the page.
Stone wrote the book at the height of early Sesame Street, applying the show's radical idea — respect the child's intelligence, let them be in on the joke — to paper; it became the best-selling Sesame book ever.
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.