Shel Silverstein

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Sbírka básní Jen jestli si nevymejšlíš představuje autora jako velkého humoristu, který si dokáže hrát nejen s jazykem, ale i s ilustracemi a z obojího vytváří harmonický, precizně vygradovaný celek. Kniha vyšla poprvé v roce 1981 a od té doby se jí v originále prodalo přes pět milionů výtisků.

"The Giving Tree" is a classic and moving story by Shel Silverstein. Once there was a little tree ...and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Shel Silverstein's very first children's book "Lafcadio", the "Lion Who Shot Back" was published in 1963, and followed the next year by two other books. The first of those, "The Giving Tree", is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's books decided to publish it. Shel returned to humour that same year with "A Giraffe and a Half". His first collection of poems and drawings, "Where the Sidewalk Ends", appeared in 1974, and his second, "A Light in the Attic", in 1981. When he was a G.I. in Japan and Korea in the 1950, he learned to play the guitar and to write songs, including "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. In 1984, Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for "Where the Sidewalk Ends" - 'recited, sung and shouted' by the author. He was also an accomplished playwright, including the 1981 hit, "The Lady or the Tiger Show". The last book to be published before he died in 1999, was "Falling Up" (1996).

Druhé vydanie obľúbenej a úspešnej klasiky autora a ilustrátora Shela Silversteina. Kniha, ktorá vás vyruší, núti rozmýšľať a konfrontuje s vlastným dávaním sa a nedávaním sa. Jednoduchý príbeh a jednoduché ilustrácie - a predsa nekonečné čítanie, hľadanie a odpovedanie. Posolstvo, ktoré potrebujeme v každej dobe a dnes možno ešte trochu viac. Kniha je vhodná ako dobrý darček ku každej príležitosti pre kohokoľvek blízkeho.