Falling Up

<i>Millie McDeevit screamed a scream, so loud it made her eyebrows steam.<br />She screamed so loud, her jawbone broke,<br />Her tongue caught fire, her nostrils smoked...</i><br /><br />Poor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous new book of poems and drawings. Here you will also meet Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold.<br /><br />Shel Silverstein, the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The%20Giving%20Tree" title="370493">The Giving Tree</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240007.A_Light_in_the_Attic" title="A Light in the Attic">A Light in the Attic</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30120.Falling_Up" title="Falling Up">Falling Up</a></i>, and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10659536.Every_Thing_On_It" title="Every Thing On It">Every Thing On It</a>,</i> has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. <br /><br />So come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/435477.Shel_Silverstein" title="Shel Silverstein">Shel Silverstein</a> open your eyes and tickle your mind.<br /><br /><b> <u>Story List</u> </b><br />- Advice<br />- Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels<br />- Alphabalance<br />- Bad Cold<br />- A Battle in the Sky<br />- The Bear, the Fire, and the Snow<br />- Best Mask?<br />- Big Eating Contest<br />- Bituminous?<br />- Blood-Curdling Story<br />- Body Language<br />- Camp Wonderful<br />- Carrots<br />- Castle<br />- Cat, a Kid, and a Mom<br />- Cat Jacks<br />- Cereal<br />- Christmas Dog<br />- Clean Gene<br />- Complainin' Jack<br />- Cookwitch Sandwich<br />- Crazy Dream<br />- Crystal Ball<br />- Danny O'Dare<br />- The Deadly Eye<br />- Dentist Dan<br />- Description<br />- Diving Board<br />- Don the Dragon's Birthday<br />- Eggs Rated<br />- Falling Up<br />- Feeding Time<br />- The Folks Inside<br />- Foot Repair<br />- Forgetful Paul Revere<br />- The Former Foreman's Story<br />- Furniture Bash<br />- Gardener<br />- Glub-Glub<br />- The Gnome, the Gnat, and the Gnu<br />- Golden Goose<br />- Hand Holding<br />- Hard to Please<br />- Haunted<br />- Headless Town<br />- Headphone Harold<br />- Help!<br />- Hi-Monster<br />- Human Balloon<br />- Hungry Kid Island<br />- Hypnotized<br />- Ice Cream Stop<br />- Imagining<br />- In the Land of...<br />- James<br />- Kanga Ruby<br />- Keepin' Count<br />- Keep-Out House<br />- Little Hoarse<br />- Little Pig's Treat<br />- Long-Leg Lou and Short-Leg Sue<br />- Long Scarf<br />- Lyin' Larry<br />- Mari-Lou's Ride<br />- Medusa<br />- Mirror, Mirror<br />- Mister Moody<br />- Molly's Folly<br />- Monkey<br />- Morgan's Curse<br />- Mummy<br />- Music Lesson<br />- My Nose Garden<br />- My Robot<br />- My Sneaky Cousin<br />- The Nap Taker<br />- Needles and Pins<br />- New World<br />- No<br />- No Grown-Ups<br />- No Thank You<br />- Noise Day<br />- Nope<br />- Obedient<br />- Ooh!<br />- One Out of Sixteen<br />- People Zoo<br />- Pinocchio<br />- Plugging In<br />- Poison-Tester<br />- Porky<br />- Quality Time<br />- Reachin' Richard<br />- Red Flowers for You<br />- Remote-a-Dad<br />- Rotten Convention<br />- Runners<br />- Sack Race<br />- Safe?<br />- Scale<br />- Screamin' Millie<br />- Settin' Around<br />- Shanna in the Sauna<br />- Sharing<br />- Shoe Talk<br />- Short Kid<br />- Show Fish<br />- Sidewalking<br />- Smile Makers<br />- Snowball<br />- Somethin' New<br />- Sorry I Spilled It<br />- Spoiled Brat<br />- Stone Airplane<br />- Stork Story<br />- Strange Restaurant<br />- Stupid Pencil Maker<br />- Sun Hat<br />- Sybil the Magician's Last Show<br />- Tattooin' Ruth<br />- Tell Me<br />- They Say I Have...<br />- Tongue Sticker-Outer<br />- The Toy Eater<br />- Three O'clock<br />- Three Stings<br />- Turkey?<br />- Unfair<br />- Use for a Moose<br />- The Voice<br />- Warmhearted<br />- Wastebasket Brother<br />- Weavers<br />- Web-Foot Woe<br />- Weird-Bird<br />- We're Out of Paint, So…<br />- When I Was Your Age<br />- Why Is It?<br />- Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda<br />- Writer Waiting<br />- Yuck