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.

In this "billy sook," which was a 20-year work-in-progress, readers are introduced to Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Goctor Doose, and Millie Woose, and are encouraged to plunge headlong into this phonemic flip-flop world of funny poems. "So if you say, 'Let's bead a rook/That's billy as can se,'/You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,/Just like mim and he." Complete with signature comical bold line drawings that provide visual clues,...

Twelve new poems and drawings selected from the Silverstein archives.

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

There are lots of things a rhino can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents can see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance. It is a hilarious look at the joys of having a rhinoceros as your friend, with Silverstein's signature humor and black-and-white artwork.

A circle has difficulty finding its missing piece but has a good time looking for it.

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.

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

A collection of more than 130 original, never-before published poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.