BRAT I NG C E LE 5 T y 0 H r a rs Annive YEARS50 50th Anniversary Event Kit Activity Booklet With activities and fun for six Shel Silverstein classics: The Giving Tree Don’t Bump the Glump! A Giraffe and a Half © 1964, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, © Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? The Giving Tree Where the Sidewalk Ends Art from www.shelsilverstein.com Dear Reader, BRAT I NG C E LE Shel Silverstein has inspired readers Art from to dream, discover, laugh, and imagine the 5 impossible for decades, but this year we’re The Giving Tree T y 0 H r th a marking a milestone moment: the 50 anniversary rs Annive th of The Giving Tree, as well as the 50 anniversaries ofYEARS Don’t © 1964, renewed 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. Art from Bump the Glump!; A Giraffe and a Half; Lafcadio, the Lion Who 50 HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, Shot Back; and Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?; and the 40th anniversary of Where the Sidewalk Ends. Inside this kit, you’ll fi nd activities for use in the classroom, library, bookstore, or home that bend your brain, open your imagination, A Giraffe and a Half A Giraffe and bring each of these anniversary titles to life in a new way. You’ll love a little boy and his tree, visit a zany zoo, get silly with Giraffe, meet a lion who loves marshmallows, discover what to do © 1964, renewed 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. Art from with a cheap rhinoceros, and even fi nd out where the sidewalk ends. So come in, have fun, and be delighted by the timeless magic of Shel Silverstein! Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back © 1963, renewed 1991 Evil Eye, LLC. www.shelsilverstein.com Reproducible Name Tags Host: Copy onto Avery #5163 Once there was a Once there was a . Name Name and he loved and she loved . Favorite Thing Favorite Thing Once there was a Once there was a . Name Name and he loved and she loved . Favorite Thing Favorite Thing Once there was a Once there was a . Name Name and he loved and she loved . Favorite Thing Favorite Thing Once there was a Once there was a . Name Name and he loved and she loved . Favorite Thing Favorite Thing Once there was a Once there was a . Name Name and he loved and she loved . Favorite Thing Favorite Thing Art from The Giving Tree © 1964, renewed 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, HarperCollins Publishers. Once There Was a . Art and text from The Giving Tree How well do you know The Giving Tree? Use the words in the box to fi ll in the blanks with the beginning lines of the 1964, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, © book. Then read aloud to see if you got the story right. Once there was a . and she a little . And every the boy would come and he would her and make them into and play king of the . He would up her trunk and from her and eat . forest gather crowns loved tree apples climb leaves branches day boy swing Answer key, in order of blanks: tree; loved; boy; day; gather; leaves; crowns; forest; climb; swing; branches; apples branches; swing; climb; forest; crowns; leaves; gather; day; boy; loved; tree; blanks: of order in key, Answer www.shelsilverstein.com It’s a Zoo in Here The Wild Gazite, the Terrible Feezus, and the Glub-Toothed Sline are looking for some new friends! In the space provided, draw an original crazy creature to add to Shel’s zany zoo from Don’t Bump the Glump! Be creative, and don’t forget to give your character a name. © 1964, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, My creature’s name is Don’t Bump the Glump! Art from . www.shelsilverstein.com Get Silly with Giraffe Giraffe in A Giraffe and a Half puts on a suit, gets stung by a bee, and steps in glue, but what other crazy antics might he encounter? Finish the beginning line of the story with a new silly situation for Giraffe. Write your idea in the lines below and add it to the picture of Giraffe—the sillier the better! Art and text from A Giraffe and a Half A Giraffe A Giraffe and a Half A Giraffe If you had a giraffe © 1964, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, © 1964, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 1992 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, and he stretched another half . you’d have a giraffe and a half. If he . www.shelsilverstein.com Lafcadio Loves . What does the world’s most famous lion like? Unscramble the words below to fi nd out some of Lafcadio’s favorite things. (Hint: all the words are in Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back.) 1. hsaawlolmrsm 2. onil 3. erovltae 4. elkbmittru 5. caebh 6. tarugi 7. riccus 8. pgninati 9. wimmsing © 1963, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 1991 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, 10. reciexse Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back Art from Answer key, 1 marshmallows; 2 lion; 3 elevator; 4 buttermilk; 5 beach; 6 guitar; 7 circus; 8 painting; 9 swimming; 10 exercise 10 swimming; 9 painting; 8 circus; 7 guitar; 6 beach; 5 buttermilk; 4 elevator; 3 lion; 2 marshmallows; 1 key, Answer www.shelsilverstein.com Rhino Connect If you had a rhinoceros for a pet, what would you do with Art from him? Connect the dots to discover one of Shel’s many uses for a cheap rhinoceros; then come up with your own! a Cheap Rhinoceros? Who Wants © 1964, renewed 1992 Evil Eye, LLC and © 1983 Evil Eye Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. © 1964, renewed Simon & Schuster Books for Young 1992 Evil Eye, LLC and © 1983 Eye Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, Can you name fi ve other uses for a 28 29 pet rhinoceros that Shel doesn’t mention in the book? 27 26 31 Share your ideas in the lines below. 30 25 1. 32 33 24 2. 34 35 23 39 38 3. 36 37 4. 22 40 5. 21 20 41 19 18 42 17 16 15 43 14 44 13 45 46 12 47 48 50 11 1 49 10 9 4 8 3 2 7 5 6 www.shelsilverstein.com Sidewalk Celebrities How well do you know the world where the sidewalk ends? Read the excerpts below from poems in Where the Sidewalk Ends and guess the well-known character who stars in the poem. Use the list of names to help you decipher who is who. He watched till his eyes were frozen wide, And his bottom grew into his chair. And his chin turned into a tuning dial, And antennae grew out of his hair. Benjamin Bunnn Pieces out of picture puzzles, Jimmy Jet Bent-up nails and ice-cream sticks, Twists of wires, worn-out tires, Lazy Jane Paper bags and broken bricks. Hector the Collector Sarah Cynthia And so it piled up to the ceilings: Sylvia Stout Coffee grounds, potato peelings, Brown bananas, rotten peas, Melinda Mae Chunks of sour cottage cheese. He hasn’t changed his clothes since last July. And why? ’Cause no one can unbutton him No matter how they try, poor guy. She thought she could, She said she would, © 1974, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 2002 Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, So she started in right at the tail. she wants a drink of water so she waits Where the Sidewalk Ends Where and waits and waits and waits and waits for it to rain. Art and text from Answer key, 1 Jimmy Jet; 2 Hector the Collector; 3 Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout; 4 Benjamin Bunnn; 5 Melinda Mae; 6 Lazy Jane Jane Lazy Lazy 6 6 Mae; Mae; Melinda Melinda 5 5 Bunnn; Bunnn; Benjamin Benjamin 4 4 Stout; Stout; Sylvia Sylvia Cynthia Cynthia Sarah Sarah 3 3 Collector; Collector; the the Hector Hector 2 2 Jet; Jet; Jimmy Jimmy 1 1 key, key, Answer Answer www.shelsilverstein.com Upside Down Poet Shel Silverstein writes upside down in “Oops!” from Where the Sidewalk Ends—now it’s your turn! Compose a poem about Art from Shel in the tree below, but remember to start from the bottom Where the Sidewalk Ends: 40th Anniversary Special Edition Where of the page and work your way up. We wrote in the fi rst lines to help you get started! © 1974, renewed HarperCollins Publishers. 2002 and © 2004, Evil Eye, LLC. All rights reserved.