Elmo "mimics the behavior of many preschoolers. Like 3-year-olds, he doesn’t always have the skills or knowledge to speak proper English." Elmo Elmo is a Muppet character on the children's television show "Sesame Street". He is a furry red monster with a falsetto voice, who hosts the last full fifteen-minute segment (five minutes after 2017) on "Sesame Street", "Elmo's World", which is aimed at toddlers. He was most often puppeteered by Kevin Clash. Following Clash's resignation in late 2012, he has been puppeteered by Ryan Dillon. Elmo is self-described as three-and-a-half years old and his birthday is on February 3. Elmo
S. A. Wakefield S. A. Wakefield Sydney Wakefield was born in Australia to English immigrant parents on 13 May 1927. In 1945 he enlisted and was commissioned into the 2nd Punjab Regiment. After the end of World War 2 he joined his father who had an orchard Gosford, New South Wales. After studying Social Studies at Sydney University (1949-50), he married (1953), and started a farm at Kariong, New South Wales. He wrote short stories for children about "Bottersnikes and Gumbles", which contain a mixture of absurdity, humour, puns, as well as carrying an environmental message. Wakefield wrote four books about the Bottersnikes