A Giraffe and a Half - Hardcover

Silverstein, Shel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224026127 ISBN 13: 9780224026123

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

An illustrated collection of comic poems for children. The author has also written "A Light in the Attic", "Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?", "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Giving Tree".

About this title

From the Back Cover:

If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half . . . you would have a giraffe and a half.

And if you glued a rose to the tip of his nose . . .

And . . . if he put on a shoe and then stepped in some glue . . .

And if he used a chair to comb his hair . . .

And so it goes until . . . but that would be telling. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible.

Shel Silverstein's incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes. Originally published in 1964, this tale is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary by bringing back its original cover art!

About the Author:

Shel Silverstein 's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, as well as classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0224026127
• ISBN 13: 9780224026123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Silverstein Shel