Tom Leigh

Tom Leigh is a long-time illustrator of Sesame Street and Muppet books, beginning in 1979. He continues to work on Sesame books; his latest, Grover Goes to Israel, was published in 2019.

Leigh was a regular contributor to Sesame Street Magazine for many years, drawing the majority of the covers from 1991 to 2000, and illustrated The Sesame Street Architecture Guide distributed to licensors.

His other work includes illustrating Bone Poems by Sesame Street writer Jeff Moss.

Books

The Muppets

Muppet Manners
1981

If You Were Miss Piggy
1994

Kermit and Robin's Scary Story
1995

Someone Like You
1995

Kermit, Save the Swamp!
1992

If You Were Fozzie
1995

Miss Piggy's Night Out
1995

Muppet Treasure Island (Golden Sound Story book)
1995

Muppet Kids

TV or Not TV
1989

What's Fair Is Fair
1992

The Trouble with Twins
1993

Help! We're Lost!
1991

Piggy Isn't Talking
1992

The Disaster on Wheels
1993

Scooter Can't Read
1996

Sesame Street

What's Inside?
1979

Early Bird on Sesame Street
1980

Don't Cry, Big Bird
1981

Big Bird Can Share
1985

Numbers: Happy Birthday, Grover!
1986

Oh, Brother!
1987

It's a Secret!
1988

A Visit to the Sesame Street Zoo
1988

A Grouch's Christmas
1999

Grover's 10 Terrific Ways to Help Our Wonderful World
1992

Baby-Sitting with Big Bird
1993

Elmo's Sleepytime Stories
1996

The Emperor's New Fur
1997

Elmo Says...
1998

Fairy Tales
1999

The Count's Castle
2001

Elmo Loves Words
2004

Me Love Cookies
2004

Elmo's Delicious Christmas
2005

Follow Elmo
2005

The ABCs of Cookies
2006

Abby Cadabby's Rhyme Time
2007

The Magic Play Day
2007

Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street
2007

Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2008

Starry Sky Songs
2010

Going Up: The Elevator Counting Book
1980

Grover's Book of Cute Little Baby Animals
1980

The Sesame Street Word Book
1983

It's Not Fair!
1986

Shapes & Colors: Ernie's Favorites!
1986

A Very Special Picnic
1987

Sesame Street Characters: Long and Short
1988

A Big Year on Sesame Street
1989

Ernie and His Merry Monsters
1992

A New Way to Get to Sesame Street
1992

What Big Bird's Toes Know
1994

Elmo Says, "Don't Wake the Baby!"
1997

Who's Afraid of Elmo?
1997

Sesame Street Restaurant
2000

Sesame Street Movie Theater
2004

Let's Make Words
2004

Rhyme with Me
2004

Cookie Countdown
2005

Where Is Elmo?
2005

Please and Thank You
2006

Grover's Guide to Good Eating
2007

Monster in the House (reissue)
2007

Sesame Street Musical Pop-Up Treasury
2007

Count to 10
2009

Together at Heart
2010

Shalom Sesame

The Count's Hanukkah Countdown
2012

I'm Sorry, Grover: A Rosh Hashanah Tale
2013

Grover Goes to Israel
2019

A Seder for Grover
2019

Shanah Tovah, Grover!
2019

Happy Purim, Grover!
2024

Grover and Big Bird's Passover Celebration
2013

It's a Mitzvah, Grover!
2013

Shalom Everybodeee! Grover's Adventures in Israel
2016

Grover's Hanukkah Party
2019

Shabbat Shalom, Grover!
2024

Bear in the Big Blue House

A Surprise in the Mailbox
1999

Shake It Up!
2002

Bear Loves Visitors!
2003

Bugged by Bugs
2001

Eek! It's Halloween!
2002

Let's Get Ready for Bed
2003

Merchandise

1982 Sesame Street Activity Calendar
1982

Dance Along song-lyric poster
1990

Sesame Street Magazine cover art, issue 249
1995

The Sesame Street Architecture Guide
1999

Follow That Bird (soundtrack)
1985

Sesame Street Catalog
1989

Rock & Roll! song-lyric poster
1990

A Year of Merry Fairy Tales
1997