Falling Up (1996)
Falling Up is a 1996 american poetry book written by Shel Silverstein.
Shel Silverstein's third and final collection published in his lifetime keeps his familiar mischief intact. Short poems sit beside spare ink drawings, each one turning an ordinary idea sideways: a boy who screws his head on backward, a hat that is really a snake, a whole town of people standing on their heads. The rhymes are quick, the jokes land plain, and the drawings do half the work. Silverstein writes for the child who likes a little absurdity with a lesson buried underneath, or no lesson at all. Read one poem or forty at a sitting.
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Shel Silverstein's third and final collection published in his lifetime keeps his familiar mischief intact. Short poems sit beside spare ink drawings, each one turning an ordinary idea sideways: a boy who screws his head on backward, a hat that is really a snake, a whole town of people standing on their heads. The rhymes are quick, the jokes land plain, and the drawings do half the work. Silverstein writes for the child who likes a little absurdity with a lesson buried underneath, or no lesson at all. Read one poem or forty at a sitting.
When was Falling Up published?
Falling Up was published in 1996.
Who made Falling Up?
Falling Up was written by Shel Silverstein.
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Shel Silverstein worked across forms, and the same off-kilter humor drives his songwriting, including the country hit 'A Boy Named Sue.' Onscreen, the gentle absurdism of The Muppet Show is the closest match: a joke told plain, a hand-made look, and real feeling tucked under the silliness.