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The Missing Piece (An Ursula Nordstrom Book)
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published by Harper & Row (1976-05-30)
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Amazon Description
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.
One Potato Review
As minimalist as they come. Shelverstein probably started this one day between errands, and a couple of hours later there it was - a seminal fable about rolling and yearning and finally never looking back. “Grease my knees and fleece my bees”? Who cares if nobody understands it exactly, as long as it makes you happy. Footloose, irresistible or impetuous, depending on your perspective.
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