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Falling Up (0060248025)
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Millie McDeevit screamed a scream
So loud it made her eyebrows steam.
She screamed so loud
Her 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 O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold. So come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of Shel Silverstein open your eyes and tickle your mind. 1996 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
Editor's Chice 1996 (Booklist)
1997 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA)
1997 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)
Children's Choices for 1997 (IRA/CBC) Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
"Falling Up" by Shel Silverstein,
Is full of witty and whimsical rhymes,
Page after page, line after line,
From rainbow beauty to slippery slime,
Shel's poetry settles into your mind,
Making you laugh, time after time,
No matter your age, they read fine,
A book so great I plan to share mine.
Beverly J Scott author of Jena's Choice
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Author: Guest
Have you ever seen an eight year old giggling gently to herself?
This book is there to be read again and again, each poem seems different every time.
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Author: Guest
Shell Silverstein, the author, has the most creative ideas in his head and they're probably still coming. If you like to giggle, then read Falling Up! It has creative words that made me laugh for each of those silly little words in the poem! The exotic pictures are half of the reason why I laughed so much! Sometimes, Shell Silverstein writes about impossible things of life as well. I also loved the book because he gives me great story ideas. Really, take my advice, if you like writing stories, or just like to laugh, read Falling Up!
If you read the first poem, and you like it, you have about 130 more poems to read! Sometimes I just read a poem's title, if it's catchy, I read it 5 times! The title might not be catchy but, the poem might! One of the things that I like is the pictures. I like the pictures because they're funny and they're on almost every page! Some of the poems are weird. Some just sound weird, and then, some just are weird. Falling Up has lots of pictures, big ones, small ones, fat ones, and skinny ones.
I would really give this book a four star rating. I recommend this book to kindergarteners and up because their parents can read it to them, and the parents will really enjoy reading it to them! I say kindergarten and up because the poems are so funny where the kindergarteners will be able to understand the poems as well as not bore the adults! If you want to enjoy reading more Shell Silverstein poems, just get an adult to go buy you the other three books called The Giving Tree, where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Like In The Attic!
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Author: Guest
I read Falling up by Shel Silverstine. It has over 125 poems.All of them are fun interesting and humoreous. Most poems have drawings and rhyme. The poems are perfect for kids of all ages
My persoal favorite poem is called "the Monkey". I like it for two resons. The first is it tels a story. Seacond is it has great Illustrations. The last is it replaces words with numbers as in "He'd neverr climbed be 4". that poem is on page 40.
this is a great book filled with poems and storys for children. I rcomend this book to all people interested in poems and funny thimgs.
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Author: Guest
since I was a little girl,I always wanted my mother to read me this book. It was full of deleight and surprises, I enjoyed it alot.when she finished 1 poem, I would always ask her to read another after another.Truly, this is a book that everyone should read and have.I have the entire collection of Shel Silverstein books.He has a very special talent in writing, I have always admired him.His books are one of a kind.
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