Author: Shel Silverstein
Lauren's Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Missing Piece is a story about an object that believes it is missing the rest of itself. It goes on a search and after many trials, the object finds the perfect piece. They roll away together, only for the object to find that it cannot be itself with this piece. It realizes that the piece was not what was important about his journey!
This story used a single line where a half of a circle was drawn onto, that was interacting with other objects along its journey. The imagery was simple with only a marker used to draw the basic objects. The story was a little bit confusing in the beginning, because it was hard to figure out what the object was and what it means that it was missing a piece. However, the text is basic, with only one or two words on a few pages. The story gives a good message that when you are too busy searching for something in life, you will pass by all the little things that are full of meaning on the way. The overall message of the story was my favorite part. This is a good book for children that want to follow the circle, but it is not a good book for children that would get bored easily. There are no colors and it is not an exciting book. Therefore, I would recommend this book for parents to read to children. They could elaborate to the children what the meaning of the book is.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 1976
ISBN: 0-06-025671-0
I read this book when I was younger. I remember there being no color and when I saw his books I knew what to expect.
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