| Note |
"This special edition has 12 extra poems that did not appear in the original collection"--Book jacket. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Invitation -- The acrobats -- Magic -- Homemade boat -- I must remember -- The fourth -- Ickle me, pickle me, tickle me too -- Captain Hook -- Hug o' war -- It's dark in here -- Ourchestra -- Flag -- Colors -- The loser -- Joey -- Listen to the mustn'ts -- Jimmy Jet and his TV set -- Early bird -- Sky seasoning -- The farmer and the queen -- Pancake? -- Smart -- Us -- I'm making a list -- Me and my giant -- Rain -- Two boxes -- True story -- Boa constrictor -- Hector the collector -- Invention -- The googies are coming -- For sale -- Sleeping sardines -- One inch tall -- Enter this deserted house -- Sick -- Upstairs -- The garden -- Jumping rope -- Who -- Ridiculous rose -- Where the sidewalk ends -- Snowman -- The crocodile's toothache -- Thumbs -- Wild boar -- Lester -- Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out -- Drats -- Hat -- My rules -- Oh have you heard -- Warning -- The unicorn -- Tree house -- The flying festoon -- No difference -- Invisible boy -- Tight hat -- Peanut-butter sandwich -- Lazy Jane -- The edge of the world -- Santa and the reindeer -- The toucan -- The planet of Mars -- Love -- The dirtiest man in the world -- Point of view -- Magical eraser -- Spaghetti -- Helping -- If I had a brontosaurus -- Benjamin Bunnn -- The battle -- Minnow Minnie -- The razor-tailed wren -- The bloath -- The yipiyuk -- What's in the sack? -- Won't you? -- Alice -- Shadow wash -- Recipe for a hippopotamus sandwich -- Eighteen flavors -- Poor Angus -- What a day -- Ma and God -- Bang-klang -- Traffic light -- Me-stew -- Double-tail dog -- Paul Bunyan -- Dancing pants -- I won't hatch! -- With his mouth full of food -- My hobby -- Instructions -- The worst -- The bagpipe who didn't say no -- Longest nose -- Rudy Felsh -- Fred? -- The long-haired boy -- Band-aids -- Dreadful -- Skinny -- The land of happy -- Pirate Captain Jim -- Fish? -- If the world was crazy -- Stone telling -- Chester -- The silver fish -- Forgotten language -- The generals -- Just me, just me -- Standing -- The one who stayed -- Melinda Mae -- The little blue engine -- Afraid of the dark -- Hungry mungry -- My beard -- Merry ... -- The search. |
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30th anniversary special edition poems. The truth about turtles -- Oops! -- Mr. Grumpledump's song -- Naked hippo -- Who's taller? -- Monsters -- Weightliftress -- Don't tell me -- Ten-o-cycle -- The unfunny jester -- Open/Close -- Gorilla. |
| Summary |
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. |
| Audience |
Grades 4-6. |
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| Subject |
American poetry.
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| Genre |
Children's poetry, American.
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Humorous poetry.
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| Other title |
Poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein. |
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Poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein. |
| ISBN |
9780060586539
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