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Different Dances 25th Anniversary Edition

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No words?
Get several copies
Amazing
NOT your children's Shel Silverstein's book!
a second chance for a hidden treasure

Different Dances 25th Anniversary Edition

Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060554304
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Book Description

a modern
ballet
where
lovers are ground
to hamburger
wives are turned into chairs
TV sets eat people
flowers grow from
children's heads
God is uncovered -- and
re-covered
and men are hung
by the instrument
of their desire

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.

Customer Reviews:

No words?.......2007-05-19

For a book that I didnot realize contained few words, it was joyful none-the-less. Mr. Silverstein is perfectly capable of conveying all desired meanings (with his typical humor and sarcasm) through well crafted pictures.

Get several copies.......2007-01-04

I owned the original, giant-sized edition of this marvelous book 20 years ago. Since then, several friends have admired and coveted it. (As already stated, let me emphasize anyhow -- NO KIDLETS should get their hands on it.) When I wanted to give a copy as a gift, I was dismayed to find that this book was now a collectible treasure, selling for as much as $300 on eBay. Fast forward, and hooray!!! This Christmas I accidentally discovered this anniversary edition here on Amazon. It's smaller than the original, but that doesn't matter. Do yourself a favor and stash a few copies aside to give friends later. Not your uptight, fundamentalist Christian friends, mind you, just the cool people. ;]

Amazing.......2006-05-18

This is one of those books that through humor can make you look at your world in a different light.

NOT your children's Shel Silverstein's book!.......2006-04-28

Our school library received this book through the school board's "approved" book list. Obviously, the author's name was enough for the reviewer to okay this title. Upon receiving the book, it was obvious that the list-maker at the school board had relied only on the Shel Silverstein name without actually opening the book for review. Although very cute for the 18+ age group, this is most certainly NOT a children's book. The grapic adult cartoons are funny if you are a "grown-up" but can give your children a crash course in sex-ed if you don't screen this book first. Funny for adults; not intended for children!

a second chance for a hidden treasure.......2006-02-03

i found my copy of this treasure in a used bookstore 20 years ago. when i took it to the register the clerk looked down at me and said "I wondered who would buy that thing." i can't believe how narrow minded he was! this book is the most clearly drawn picture of the human condition i have ever found. i took it to a pshych. class in college, highlighting some of my favorites. i had to bring back 3 night running because everyone wanted to read/see the whole thing. great extra credit points just for owning it. it is for adults and it will make you laugh, but it will also make you think. enjoy.

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Different Dances 25th Anniversary Edition
Shel Silverstein
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MHRO5K

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