New Releases by SHEL SILVERSTEIN

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

This story of a boy who grows to manhood, and of a tree that gives him her bounty through the years, is a moving parable about the gift of giving and the capacity to love. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Come and meet the unforgettable, offbeat characters in Silverstein''s wacky poems.

Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things--like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee--only to lose them again, one by one. "Infectiously funny . . . a good nonsensical text and illustrations".--Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books.

L''Arbre Genereux by Shel Silverstein Un jeune garçon grandit jusqu''à l''âge adulte et la vieillesse éprouvant l''amour et la générosité d''un arbre qui lui donne sans pensée de retour.

Startling, irreverent and provocative, the incomparable creator of poems and fables for children turns his eye and pen upon the social calamities and absurdities of the adult world in this classic collection. Illustrations.

Poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.

A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.

"You don''t have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won''t move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows." But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices and practices until he becomes the world''s greatest sharp-shooter. Now dressed in starched collars and fancy suits, and enjoying all the marshmallows he wants, Lafcadio is pampered and admired wherever he goes. But is a famous, successful, and admired lion a happy lion? Or is he a lion at all? Told and drawn with wit and gusto, Shel Silverstein''s modern fable speaks not only to children but to us all!

O autor aborda neste livro a busca do autoconhecimento e da completude. A metáfora se dá por meio da história de um ser circular a quem falta uma parte. Otimista, ele se lança no mundo à procura de preencher esta lacuna. À medida que descobre o universo ao redor - e também a si mesmo -, percebe que as relações interpessoais são muito mais complexas e delicadas do que pensava e que a felicidade quase sempre está dentro de nós mesmos - e não no outro. Uma prova de que a liberdade é o maior bem que podemos possuir.

A missing piece, looking for someone to carry it along, finally develops its own momentum.