# #854: Tish Rabe — 200+ Children's Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More

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Published: 2026-02-18T20:30:00+00:00
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Tish Rabe ( @tishrabebooks ) is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 children's books with more than 11 million copies sold. She has written for Sesame Street, Disney, PBS Kids, Curious George, Clifford, and many more. She now heads her own children's book publishing company, Tish Rabe Books . This episode is brought to you by: Circle  complete community platform for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand:  Circle.so/Tim   AG1  all-in-one nutritional supplement:  DrinkAG1.com/Tim Helix   Sleep  premium mattresses:  HelixSleep.com/Tim * Timestamps [00:00:00] Who  is  Tish Rabe? [00:00:24] How an opera major became a bestselling children’s author and songwriter. [00:03:12] Tish’s trashy debut on television treasure  Sesame Street . [00:03:36] Pitching a childhood memory to dead silence — and landing book number one. [00:07:27] The value of writing a story’s ending first. [00:09:42] Jim Henson: The kind, gentle giant with a mind of steel. [00:10:58] Keeping kids  and  their parents entertained with double-level humor. [00:11:38] How Tish put her music training to work with Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. [00:18:56] From nine-note auditions to signing on with  Sesame Street ‘s mission to level the kindergarten playing field. [00:22:48] Churning out children’s books and writing bangers about animal gestation periods and lumber measurement for  3-2-1 Contact . [00:26:56] The zero-rhyming genius of Joe Raposo’s “Bein’ Green” and why it works. [00:29:59] Curriculum is king: Focus groups, orange Oscar, and making sure the kids aren’t lost. [00:32:16] Random House rejected her book, but the late Dr. Seuss took a second look. [00:37:17] Accepting the Widow Seuss’s c…

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