Elmo's World: Balls! (Sesame Street) (Sesame Street(R) Elmos World(TM))

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Book Review: Elmo: Greatest Thinker of the 21st Century
Summary: 5 Stars

When Elmo looks at balls (which he does in Balls!: Elmo's World), he sees two fundamental principles at work, which he calls the "pleasure principle" and the "reality principle." The pleasure principle tells us to do whatever feels good; the reality principle tells us to subordinate pleasure to what needs to be done, to work. Subordinating the pleasure principle to the reality principle is done through a psychological process Elmo calls SUBLIMATION, where you take desires that can't be fulfilled, or shouldn't be fulfilled, and turn their energy into something useful and productive.

This analysis is taken to multiple levels with the examination of the beach ball, baseball and in a stroke of genius, the Basketball. I have followed Elmo and his writings since the "early" years when he published "Kitty, Kitty, Warm and Pretty" and "See Me Go Potty". Balls! is by far his best work and should reside on anyone's shelf who respects fine writing.

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