The words near and far tell you where something is. With the help of the Sesame Street friends, readers learn about near and far and then test their knowledge with a fun guessing game. About the Sesame Street ® Directional Words series: This series is a fun, interactive way to explore spatial language. Each book features the Sesame Street friends in a fun guessing-game format that invites readers to test their knowledge about the words that describe where things are.