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Summary: I remember every page and I haven't read it in 17 years!
Review: This book is for all ages and a work of genius. I am a very poor college student but having finally found this book, I don't care what it costs, I've got to have a copy. I loved it as a child (and I never tried any of his suggestions) and I will love it now. Thanks Amazon and God bless the best writer ever...we miss you!
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Summary: Ponies love sugar!
Review: Whoever said this book is not for children is a complete moron. I read this book when I was a wee tot and I'm fine. Kids love this stuff. A great Christmas/Hannukah (sp?)/Kwanza (sp?)/miscellaneous present to teach kids that literature can be both funny AND informative! Get this for your kids, along with "Hope for the Flowers"! Gotta love that potty training page. What was this stuff doing in Playboy magazine, I wonder. If you don't like this book then all your friends will laugh at you and you're different and strange. Inside a car is a pony that powers the car. This is called "horse power". Ponies love sugar! I miss Shel Silverstein. What a great writer! And I'm not just talking about "The Cover of the Rolling Stone"! RIP. And remember there is NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!
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Summary: A welcome thumb in the eye of media watchdogs!
Review: With our entire nation paranoid about the media's supposed "depraved" influence on our children, it's refreshing to read a book that wears its corrupting influence on its sleeve (and by Shel Silverstein, no less!). For an idea of the hilarious, whimsical bad advice contained within, consider: "I is for ink. Ink is black and wet. What else can you do with ink? What rhymes with ink? (HINT: D R _ _ _.)"
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Summary: This needs 6 stars... no 100!
Review: Shel is my favorite author. I recently bought this book because I could never find it at my school libary (I'm 13). Um... Shel made this book very funny. umm.... I dunno what eles to say. well I guess I want to say I feel bad that sel died and good bye people...
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Summary: thisbook is so great!!
Review: my friend got this book and started reciting "baby" in class one day. i had no clue what she was doing, but i absolutely loved the poem. then she let me see the book and i read through the entiter thing. my favorite is probably "fingers." You can't go wrong with this book. i highly suggest you get this book! i know i am, and i've already read it!
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Summary: How about 6 stars???
Review: If you love children, but can laugh at them as well as the silly ways we educate them, this book is for you. As a mother, an educator, and a lover of humanity, I heartily recommend this book to anyone who gets a kick out of intelligent, but not sadistic by any means, satire. This stuff is ice cream compared to the cartoons children watch these days. I shared the book with my 13 year old neice, but will wait a few years to share it with my now 5 year old son, simply because he wouldn't "get it." If you fear your child would actually follow Uncle Shelby's advice, well, Shel's not to blame for that, is he.
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Summary: You shouldn't be reading this kind of stuff
Review: The ABZs were first published in Playboy magazine in 1961. I remember being allowed to read my neighbor's copy under the direct supervision of my parents. I would have been ten years old. Before there was such a concept, Uncle Shelby's ABZs were politically incorrect. They still are. I always remembered them and am pleased to see that they are actually available. Just don't let your ten year old get hold of them.
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Summary: HYSTERICAL!
Review: This book is NOT for kids....but for adults who know the difference between satire and reality. I saw this book last year in a book store and was so captivated that I read it from top to bottom in the store...I think the clerks were wondering what was making me laugh so hysterically and why tears were rolling down my face. I have read this book several times and never fail to laugh. For the reader who was distressed about the caption of Stanley....the point of the book is that Uncle Shelby has been kept awake repeatedly by noisy children and now wants to "repay" them with mind games. Stanley does not exist- Uncle Shelby has made him up, along with the pony in the gas tank, the boogie man, and the dollar bill in the middle of the book. Don't give this one to your kids...but if you are an adult with a keen sense of humor, this book is for you!
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Summary: What about no stars??
Review: I honor Shel Silverstein's writing for many of his children's books. However, I can not approve of this book, even for adults. I have to admit I haven't read the whole book. Years ago in a book store, my mother showed me two pages and I had no desire to see any more. The first was the S page: "S is for Stanley, Stanley likes to kill little children." The second was at the end where he tells children not to tell their parents they have read this book. As a parent, a teacher, and as an intelligent person who does possess a sense of humor, I do not find book this humorous at all. I am also saddened by all the raving reviews posted here.
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Summary: Side-Splitting Humor!
Review: I first ran across Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book when I was rather young (early 60's), and found it to be rather educational. It's a wonder my parents let me live to be the ripe old age of 40! Especially when my mother walked by the kitchen in time to hear me call to Ernie... Losing Uncle Shelby recently made me cry, for the world lost one of the funniest people to ever grace us with his presence. If you don't own this book yet, what are you waiting for?? Order it, but be prepared to laugh yourself silly! God bless you, Uncle Shelby. Rest In Peace.
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