A giraffe and a half shel silverstein book

Born in 1930, he grew up in chicago and attended the university of. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein, hardcover barnes. If you grew up reading shel silverstein, you know how unique his writing style truly is. Silversteins line drawings and poems are always simple, but so rich that they never lose their appeal. Uncle shelbys a giraffe and a half by silverstein, shel. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein illustrator alibris. Featured books by shel silverstein reading rockets. Whether youre reading shel silversteins poems with your children, using his books to celebrate poetry month, or planning a shelebration event at your home, school, or library, we have the resources you need to engage kids in shels extraordinary world.

This cumulative tale starts out with a giraffe stretching, and thus the title, with an added, hilarious complication on each page. 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. Shel silversteins incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes. Both the pictures and the sayings made me laugh or smile. 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 9780060256555. Sheldon allan shel silverstein was a childrens book author, poet, cartoonist, screenwriter, and singersongwriter. Learning resources a guide to the world of shel silverstein for parents, teachers, and librarians.

In 1964, shels creativity continued to flourish as four more books were published in the same yeardont bump the glump. 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. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein, hardcover. A giraffe and a half by silverstein, shel a readable copy. 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. If you dressed him in a suit and he looked very cute. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein internet archive. Before selecting this book, we figured giraffes, shel silverstein, kids book this is going to be such a perfect gift. 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. 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. 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. Born in 1930, he grew up in chicago and attended the university of illinois, from which he was expelled.

A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein circle books. Buy a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein 9780060256555 2014 from. Line illustrations build to bring the satisfying tale full circle. Laugh out loud things happen when one has a giraffe who has stretched to become a giraffe and a half. A giraffe and a half is a tongue twister that is sure to have you laughing. Shel silverstein books list of books by author shel silverstein. Absurdity and humor build as a boy adds more silly but rhyming things to the longnecked animal. Shel silverstein s incomparable line drawings add to. Shel silverstein s riotous rhyming picture book about a boy and his giraffe was published the same year as his famous tale the giving tree. Shel silverstein s incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes. 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.

A giraffe and a half is a book we got for a good friend of ours who is in love with giraffes. Where the sidewalk ends, a light in the attic, falling up, lafcadio, the missing piece, the giving tree, runny rabbit, a giraffe and a half shel silverstein on. This very humorous book looks at what happens when a boy stretches his giraffe in half. Shel silverstein a giraffe and a half hardcover new york harper collins 1993 near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein goodreads. Buy a giraffe and a half book online at low prices in india. 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 is a poetry book that is about a boy and his new found giraffe.

Download the ebook now and read it everytime you want it. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures silversteins signature. Editions of a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein scholastic. Shel silverstein s incomparable career as a bestselling childrens book author and illustrator began with lafcadio, the lion who shot back. Buy a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein illustrator online at alibris. Beloved for over fifty years, this classic captures silverstein s signature humor and style. Featuring rhythmic verse and iconic illustrations, a giraffe and a half will leave.

Silverstein s line drawings and poems are always simple, but so rich that they never lose their appeal. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein, shel silverstein. In a former life, author elizabeth patterson was an elementary teacher. 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. Students will discuss the book and rhyming patterns, recount the story in an active game and. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein southampton books. This special anniversary edition celebrates the milestone with vintage fullcolor jacket artwork. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. A giraffe and a half by shel silversteinchildrens book. By shel silverstein a giraffe and a half hardcover.

Full text of a giraffe and a half by shel silverstein. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Sometimes i would even guess what was comming next. Originally published in 1964, this tale is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary by bringing back its original cover art. 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. A giraffe and a half shel silverstein download bok. A giraffe and a half by shel silverstein akademia books. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible.