With such intensity that her eyebrows began to steam, Millie McDeevit let out a scream.
Her tongue caught fire, her jawline cracked, her nostrils blazed, and she let forth an intense scream.
Among the many endearing characters in this wonderful new collection of poetry and illustrations is poor Screamin' Millie. Additionally, you will encounter the Human Balloon, Headphone Harold, Danny O'Dare, the dancing bear, Allison Beals, and her twenty-five eels here.
A highly meaningful and hilarious poetry anthology has been written by Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It.
Come explore the Nose Garden, take a trip on the Little Hoarse, dine at the Strange Restaurant, and let Shel Silverstein's magic to enchant you.
Story Index
A Battle in the Sky - The Bear, the Fire, and the Snow - Alphabalance - Bad Cold - Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels - Best Mask?
- Huge Eating Competition - Asphaltic?
- A Heartbreaking Tale
- Body Language - Amazing Camp
Carrots - Castle - Cat - Child - Mother
- Cereal; - Cat Jacks
Merry Canine - Pure Gene
- Crazy Dream - Cookwitch Sandwich - Complainin' Jack
- Danny O'Dare - Crystal Ball - The Deadly Eye - Dentist Dan
- Synopsis - Diving Platform - Dragon's Birthday to Don
- Eggs Scored - Dropping Down - Mealtime - The People Within
- Foot Repair - Ignorant Paul Revere: The Account of the Former Foreman
- Gardener - Glub-Glub - Furniture Bash - The Gnome, the Gnat, and the Gnu
- Headless Town - Haunted - Golden Goose - Hard to Please - Hand Holding - Headphone Harold: Get aid!
— Hey, Monster
Human Balloon - Island of Hungry Children
- Enthralled - Frozen Dessert - Daydreaming - In the World of... - James - Kanga Little Hoarse, Little Pig's Treat, Ruby, Keepin' Count, Keep-Out House, Long-Leg Lou, and Short-Leg Sue, Long Scarf
- Larry Lying
— Mari- Medusa - Mirror, Mirror - Lou's Ride
Per Mr. Moody's
- Morgan's Curse - Monkey - Molly's Folly
The Nap Taker, Mummy, Music Lesson, Robot, My Nose Garden, My Sneaky Cousin, Needles and Pins, New World, No, No Grown-Ups - No Apologies - Noisy Day - Nope - Compliant
- Whoa!
- One Person Out of Sixteen Zoo - Porky - Quality Time - Plugging In - Poison-Tester - Pinocchio
- Rotten Convention - Remote-a-Dad - Red Flowers for You - Reachin' Richard
- Sack Race - Runners - Safe?
- Size
- Shanna in the Sauna - Settin' Around - Screamin' Millie
- Show Fish - Sharing - Shoe Talk - Short Kid
- Sidewalking
- Smile Makers
- Snowball
- Somethin' New
- Sorry I Spilled It
- Spoiled Brat
- Stone Airplane; - Story of the Stork; - Odd Restaurant; - Irrational Pencil Manufacturer
Sun Hat-The Final Performance of Sybil the Magician
- Tattooin' Ruth
- Tell Me
- They Say I Have...
- Tongue Sticker-Outer
- The Toy Eater
- Three O'clock
- Three Stings
- Turkey?
- Discourteous - Application for a Moose - The Speech - Kindhearted - Trash Can Brother
- Weavers
- Web-Foot Woe
- Weird-Bird
- We're Out of Paint, So…
Why Is It? - When I Was Your Age?
- Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda
- Writer Waiting
- Yuck