# The Missing Piece - Hardcover

by **Shel Silverstein** (Author), **Shel Silverstein** (Illustrator)

**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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### Back Jacket

_It was missing a piece.  
And it was not happy.  
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._

What it finds on its search for the missing piece is simply and touchingly told in this fable that gently probes the nature of quest and fulfillment.

**Number of Pages:** 112

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.74 x 7.36 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 24, 2006

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Missing Piece

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 3.2

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 23.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

## Variants

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