The Missing Piece
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From Shel Silverstein, the celebrated author of The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends, comes The Missing Piece, a charming fable that gently probes the nature of quest and fulfillment. It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. What it finds on its search for the missing piece is simply and touchingly told. This inventive and heartwarming book can be read on many levels, and Silverstein’s iconic drawings and humor are sure to delight fans of all ages. So it set off in search of its missing piece. And as it rolled it sang this song— Oh I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin’ for my missin’ piece. And don’t miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!
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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.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780060256715
- Publication Date
- January 24, 2006
- Publisher
- Harper Row
- Original Publication Date
- April 14, 1976
- Page Count
- 112
- Word Count
- 679
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 6 - 9 years
- Lexile® Level
- AD480L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~M
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.2
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 64187
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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