Falling Up by Shel Silverstein

Let the magic of Shel Silverstein open your eyes and tickle your mind! This special edition of the bestselling poetry book Falling Up features twelve never-before-published poems by Shel Silverstein. The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books praised Falling Up, saying, “The enticing blend of wickedness, creativity, and rhythm makes the verse entertaining, readable, and often chantable.” And now the bestseller has twelve new, never-before-published poems added to this special edition. In Falling Up, you’ll meet Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O’Dare, the dancin’ bear; the Human Balloon; Headphone Harold and more unforgettable characters. This wondrous collection allows lets you wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, and in the Strange Restaurant in poems and drawings that are both outrageously funny and profound. Shel Silverstein’s incomparable career as a children’s book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. In 1964, Sh