Falling Up

Falling Up is a 1996 poetry collection primarily for children written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein and published by HarperCollins. It is the third poetry collection published by Silverstein, following Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and A Light in the Attic (1981), and the final one to be published during his lifetime, as he died just three years after its release. Falling Up was the recipient of the Booklist Editors' Award in 1996.. In 2015, a special edition of the book was published, with 12 new poems. Poems Advice - William Tell tries to shoot an apple off a person's head, but misses and hits the person's forehead by mistake. Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels - A girl has twenty-five pet eels which can do all sorts of things. (The last line of this poem states that one of the eels got a new job on page 59; the eel can be seen on said page in the illustration that accompanies the poem "Writer Waiting.") Alphabalance - A boy tries to carry the entire alphabet in his arms. Bad Cold - A man has a serious cold and demands the reader to bring him things he can sneeze into.