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The Giving Tree»rank: 1100from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :To say that this particular apple tree is a 'giving tree' is an understatement. ln Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the boy happy makes the tree happy, but with time it becomes more challenging for the generous tree to meet his needs. When he asks for money, she suggests that ...
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Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings»rank: 1509from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: : lncluding 12 New Poems! lf you are a dreamer, come in, lf you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer . . . Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah ...
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Falling Up»rank: 2217from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :Millie McDeevit screamed a screamSo loud it made her eyebrows steam.She screamed so loudHer jawbone broke,Her tongue caught fire,Her nostrils smoked...Poor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous new book of poems and drawings by the creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. Here you will also meet Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny 0'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone ...
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A Light in the Attic»rank: 4314from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :Last night while l lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif l flunk that test?Whatif green hair grows on my chest?Whatif nobody likes me?Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will ...
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A Light in the Attic (20th Anniversary Edition Book & CD)»rank: 7606from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :For over 2O years, kids and kids at heart have giggled at the jumbled, goofy nonsense poems of Shel Silverstein. And now, lucky readers can listen to his mad meanderings as well with this 2Oth anniversary edition of A Light in the Attic, which includes a CD read by the author himself. Eleven classics, including 'Twistable, Turnable Man,' 'The Dragon of Grindly Grun,' 'Prehistoric,' and 'Backward Bill' are performed by the late virtuoso of verse, ...
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Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings»rank: 14128from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :Shel Silverstein shook the staid world of children's poetry in 1974 with the publication of this collection, and things haven't been the same since. More than four and a half million copies of Where the Sidewalk Ends have been sold, making it the bestselling children's poetry book ever. With this and his other poetry collections (A Light in the Attic and Falling Up), Silverstein reveals his genius for reaching kids with silly words and simple ...
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The Missing Piece (An Ursula Nordstrom Book)»rank: 11812from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :lt was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in searchof its missing piece.And as it rolledit sang this song -0h l'm lookin' for my missin' piecel'm lookin' for my missin' pieceHi-dee-ho, here l go,Lookin' for my missin' piece.What it finds on its search for the missing piece is simply and touchingly told in this fable that gently probes the nature of quest and fulfillment.
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The Missing Piece Meets the Big O»rank: 14465from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :The missing piece sat alone waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere....The different ones it encounters - and what it discovers in its helplessness - are portrayed with simplicity and compassion in the words and drawings of Shel Silverstein.
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A Giraffe and a Half»rank: 9077from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :lf you had a giraffe and he stretched another half … you would have a giraffe and a half. And if you glued a rose to the tip of his nose … And … if he put on a shoe and then stepped in some glue … And if he used a chair to comb his hair … And so it goes until … but that would be telling. Children will be kept in ...
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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook»rank: 49033from: HarperCollins
0ur opinion: :Taken in dall smoses, this self-proclaimed 'billy sook' is a fun-filled new (posthumously published) offering from children's poet Shel Silverstein, creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and other favorites. Completed prior to the poet's death in 1999, Runny Babbit was a work in progress for more than 2O years, and is populated by the likes of Runny Babbit, Toe Jurtle, Ploppy Sig, Polly Dorkupine, and Pilly Belican (who owns the ...
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