A Giraffe And A Half Analysis

Silverstein 's Book "A Giraffe and A Half
Introduction
A Giraffe and a Half is a kindergarten book written by Shel Silverstein. Silverstein is an author, artist, playwright and a song writer who started writing children’s books in 1963. A Giraffe and a Half is a story about a boy and his pet giraffe. The little boy played with the giraffe by adding useless items and a rhyming object on him on every page. On every page, an item is added on the giraffe putting the giraffe in a ridiculous situation. In the end, all the items are removed one by one and the giraffe now becomes a normal giraffe. The boy had stretched the giraffe to half his size by adding objects on the giraffe, but after the objects were removed, the giraffe goes back to his original size. Shel

Silverstein writes books full of illustrations in order to keep the children glued on the books. For instance, in A giraffe and A Half, he writes, “If you had a giraffe…and he stretched another half…you would have a giraffe and a half” (Silverstein, 2014). These statements keep the children glued on the books until the end because it has interesting facts. Silverstein writes hilarious books that leaves the children yearning for more. A giraffe and a half is a very interesting children’s book with contagious rhymes that are exciting and funny, which leaves the children laughing. It is a recommendable book to everyone, not only for children but to people of all ages because it will make them laugh. This book is helpful for children who want to learn to memorize words because of the authors writing style of repetition. In addition, an interesting fact about Shel Silverstein is that, he is a playwright, a recording artist, a cartoonist, a Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated songwriter, and a poet which makes him incomparable (Rogak, 2007). Shel Silverstein is an incredibly gifted, creative, and a genius writer and