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A collection of humorous light verse illustrated with line drawings.
 
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Silverstein's Humor Appeals To Both Adults and Kids

Date of Review:  May 15, 2003
The Bottom Line: Shel Silverstein left hundred of incredible poems, many of which contained within the cover of Falling Up. Do something good for yourself and your kids. Pick up this book.
Review: Even as a child, I tended to appreciate on the whole darkly funny and usually twisted stories and poetry. The darker, the scarier the work, the happier I was in the end.

In elementary school, I apparently also had some incredibly twisted...
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Hilariously classic poetry...
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Falling Up - Don't drink Chocolate Milk and Read it.

Date of Review:  Aug 25, 2001
The Bottom Line: This is the only book of poems that I keep on our shelves. Although it is for kids, it makes me belly laugh too.
Review: If you laugh at farters or if you think spitting watermelon seeds in the yard and counting the ones that stick to your friends means a big time, then this is your kind of poem book. Actually, if you say poy-im rather than po-um, then you probably...
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This one cracks the whole family up.
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Nose-spurting fun

Date of Review:  Feb 20, 2000
Review: I must have the mind of a child, because I giggle like an eight-year-old girl at a slumber party when I read Shel Silverstein's poetry.

Silverstein is once again playful and hilarious in Falling Up, a collection of more than 100 short poems...
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Chortling good fun
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A few not-so-choice images and words
 
 
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Falling Up and A Light in the Attic. Our children love these books. You will too.


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Authors Shel Silverstein
Nonfiction Category Juvenile Nonfiction • Poetry
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  Kirkus: "Readers chortling their way through this inspired assemblage of cautionary tales, verbal hijinks, and thoughtful observations, deftly inserted, will find the temptation to read parts of it aloud irresistible."

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  Format: Hardcover - Reinforced Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins (May 01, 1996)
Measurements: 9.5"(h) x 7.25"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.55 lbs.
ISBN: 9780060248031
 
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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 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.
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