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The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein

August 27, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

Whenever people talk about Shel Silverstein, they inevitably bring up Where the Sidewalk Ends or The Giving Tree. I know that was the extent of my knowledge of his work. Outside of that, I never saw him mentioned. So, when I saw this book in a bin at Goodwill, I grabbed it immediately, interested to see what else he’d written. Turns out, I like this more than the books he’s most known for. It’s a rather simple story; a circle with a missing piece goes looking […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Shel Silverstein, The Missing Piece

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:65 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Shel Silverstein, The Missing Piece ·
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Finally read this classic children’s book!

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

July 17, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR BINGO 14: Verse, because it’s a collection of classic children’s poetry My father likes to send me little Brain Teaser quizzes, and recently we had one about matching the covers of classic books to their titles. I told him I got all of them correct, but I had read only 7 out of 10. I jokingly blamed him for my never having read Where the Sidewalk Ends, because for some reason I never owned that book as a child. A few days later, I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Poetry Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, children's poetry, KimMiE", poetry, Shel Silverstein

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Poetry · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, children's poetry, KimMiE", poetry, Shel Silverstein ·
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There really were too many bare behinds in this

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

February 15, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

You love him. You hate him. But either way this classic is still here. I realized as I was reading A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein, I do not think I have actually read a Silverstein book cover to cover. Maybe The Giving Tree, but I could not say for sure.  I do know that I have read poems from/had poems read from a few books. And, in fact two that I remember from here, (though mostly the idea of them and not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: children's poetry, nonsense, Shel Silverstein

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:61 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: children's poetry, nonsense, Shel Silverstein ·
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