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The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein

A search for what feels missing

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A search for what feels missing

A simple fable follows a piece-less figure as it sets out to find what it believes will make it complete. The journey gives the book room to explore the ideas of wanting, fulfillment, and what it means to feel whole. Shel Silverstein’s drawings and humor are part of the book’s presentation, while its spare premise leaves space for readers to consider its meaning at different levels.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering a fable through a straightforward premise
  • Families or educators seeking a picture book that opens discussion about fulfillment and feeling complete
  • Readers familiar with Shel Silverstein’s drawings and humor

Themes

Quest and fulfillmentWanting and completenessSelf-understanding

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Book overview

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.

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