A Giraffe and a Half
By Shel Silverstein; Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
(HarperCollins, Hardcover, 9780060256555, 48pp.)
Publication Date: November 4, 1964
Other Editions of This Title: Library Binding, Paperback
Categories: Animals - Mammals, Classics, Humorous Stories
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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.
Shel Silverstein is the author-artist of many beloved books of prose and poetry. He was a cartoonist, playwright, poet, performer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated songwriter.
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