Silversteins line drawings and poems are always simple, but so rich that they never lose their appeal. Featured books by shel silverstein reading rockets. Featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, a giraffe and a half will leave every reader, young and old, laughing until the very end. From shel silverstein, the new york times bestselling creator of where the sidewalk ends and the giving tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe. From shel silverstein, the new york times bestselling creator of where the sidewalk ends and the giving tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, a giraffe and a half will leave every reader, young and old, laughing until the very end. A giraffe and a half by silverstein, shel a readable copy. Silverstein s line drawings and poems are always simple, but so rich that they never lose their appeal. In a former life, author elizabeth patterson was an elementary teacher. Editions of a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein.
In time for its 40th anniversary, shel silverstein s a giraffe and a half now appears with a fivefoot, unfolding cardboard giraffe tape measure affixed to the inside back cover. A giraffe and a half by shel silversteinchildrens book. Buy a giraffe and a half book online at low prices in india. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures silverstein s signature humor and style.
A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein, hardcover. Laugh out loud things happen when one has a giraffe who has stretched to become a giraffe and a half. Born in 1930, he grew up in chicago and attended the university of illinois, from which he was expelled. Buy a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein illustrator online at alibris. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein goodreads. The verse is sweetly upbeat, and the line drawings as always with shel silverstein speak volumes more than their spare elegance would indicate. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein circle books. Line illustrations build to bring the satisfying tale full circle.
If you grew up reading shel silverstein, you know how unique his writing style truly is. Shel silverstein a giraffe and a half hardcover new york harper collins 1993 near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Originally published in 1964, this tale is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary by bringing back its original cover art. Shel silverstein books list of books by author shel silverstein. You came here in search of book a giraffe and a half, written by author shel silverstein. This very humorous book looks at what happens when a boy stretches his giraffe in half. This cumulative tale starts out with a giraffe stretching, and thus the title, with an added, hilarious complication on each page. Find giraffe and a half, a by silverstein, shel at biblio. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein is an amazing book, especially for kids. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures silversteins signature.
Shel silversteins incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein illustrator alibris. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein southampton books. This special anniversary edition celebrates the milestone with vintage fullcolor jacket artwork. Learning resources a guide to the world of shel silverstein for parents, teachers, and librarians. Both the pictures and the sayings made me laugh or smile. Born in 1930, he grew up in chicago and attended the university of. The boy and the giraffe accumulate various objects and by the middle of the book they start giving them away until it is just the boy and his giraffe again. Students will discuss the book and rhyming patterns, recount the story in an active game and. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein, shel silverstein.
Sometimes i would even guess what was comming next. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein scholastic. A giraffe and a half shel silverstein download bok. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein akademia books. Before selecting this book, we figured giraffes, shel silverstein, kids book this is going to be such a perfect gift. This lesson plan offers activities to support the text a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein. A giraffe and a half is a tongue twister that is sure to have you laughing.
In time for its 40th anniversary, shel silversteins a giraffe and a half now appears with a fivefoot, unfolding cardboard giraffe tape measure affixed to the inside back cover. Sheldon allan shel silverstein was a childrens book author, poet, cartoonist, screenwriter, and singersongwriter. I loved when my mom read it to me as a child or when i read it becuase it was always fun to see what came next. Absurdity and humor build as a boy adds more silly but rhyming things to the longnecked animal.
Download the ebook now and read it everytime you want it. Shel silverstein yet again makes poetry super fun and enjoyable through a little boy and his relationship with a giraffe and how he got stretched so he is a giraffe and a half now. Shel silversteins incomparable career as a childrens book author and illustrator began with lafcadio, the lion who shot back. If you dressed him in a suit and he looked very cute.
In 1964, shels creativity continued to flourish as four more books were published in the same yeardont bump the glump. Shel silverstein s incomparable career as a bestselling childrens book author and illustrator began with lafcadio, the lion who shot back. Mar 12, 2020 from shel silverstein, the new york times bestselling creator of where the sidewalk ends and the giving tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, a giraffe and a half will leave every reader, young and old, laughing until the very end. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein internet archive. Take a giraffe, stretch it by another half, and add a rat in a hat and a rose on his nose and a whole lot more, and you have the makings of a madcap shel silverstein cumulative tale. Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous thingslike glue on his shoe and a bee on his kneeonly to lose them again, one by one. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein is a poetry book that is about a boy and his new found giraffe. Full text of a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein. Uncle shelbys a giraffe and a half by silverstein, shel. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible. Hardcover from shel silverstein, the new york times bestselling creator of where the sidewalk ends and the giving tree, comes a riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe. Buy a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein 9780060256555 2014 from. A giraffe and a half is a book we got for a good friend of ours who is in love with giraffes. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein 9780060256555.