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  • A Light in the Attic Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems

    Shel Silverstein

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Sept. 22, 2009)
    From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, comes an imaginative book of poems and drawings—a favorite of Shel Silverstein fans young and old. This special edition contains 12 never-before-published poems.A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again.Here in the attic you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel. Come on up to the attic of Shel Silverstein and let the light bring you home.
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  • A Light in the Attic

    Shel Silverstein

    Library Binding (Harper and Row, Jan. 1, 1981)
    Shel Silverstein writes wonderfully funny and crazy children's poetry. His illustrations are pure enjoyment. This poetry is perfect for the reluctant reader.
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  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Publisher, Aug. 16, 2000)
    If you are a dreamer, come in, If 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 Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.
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  • Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, April 1, 1983)
    "This revised and expanded edition of the original 1964 work provides a delightful showcase for Silverstein's humor. It seems that there is this rhinoceros for sale . . . cheap . . . and there are any number of unusual but practical advantages to having one . . . Silverstein's wit comes shining through each page of expressive line drawings. . . ."--School Library Journal.
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  • The Giving Tree

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Sept. 27, 2005)
    From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. This household classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans."Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy."So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation.
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  • Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
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  • A light in the Attic

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Harper & Row, Jan. 1, 1981)
    Hardcover with glossy pictorial dust jacket. 1981. 167 p. 9.00 x 7.00 x 1.00. CHILDREN BOOK POEMS AND HUMOR DRAWINGS BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN.
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  • Where The Sidewalk Ends - The Poems And Drawings Of Shel Silverstein, 30th Anniversary Special Edition

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Harper-collins Publishers, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Hardcover book of poetry for children by Shel Silverstein.
  • Where The Sidewalk Ends

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (VIKING ADULT, Dec. 2, 2010)
    If you are a dreamer, come in, If 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 Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Shel Silverstein

    Paperback (Bantam Dell Pub Group (P), Jan. 1, 1986)
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  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Jan. 1, 2012)
    If you are a dreamer, come in, If 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 Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plan diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.
  • Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook

    Shel Silverstein

    Hardcover (Particular Books, June 1, 2011)
    Runny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress way, 'We have some lovely stabbit rew - Our Special for today.' Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own. It's filled with the most amazing adventures and tongue-twisting rhymes imaginable. And, what's more, Shel Silverstein wrote this yook especially for bou.
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