The story centers on a circular shape-like creature that is missing a wedge-shaped piece of itself. It doesn't like this, and sets out to find its missing piece, singing:
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
It starts out on a grand adventure searching for the perfect piece to complete itself, while singing and enjoying the scenery. But after the circle finally finds the exact-sized wedge that fits it, it begins to realize that it can no longer do the things it used to enjoy doing, like singing or rolling slowly enough to enjoy the company of a worm or butterfly. It decides that it was happier when searching for the missing piece than actually having it. So it gently puts the piece down, and continues searching happily.
Popular cultureedit
The 1998 album Komadić koji nedostaje by the Serbianpop punk band Oružjem Protivu Otmičara was named after the book. Silverstein's drawing which appeared on the cover of the book was used on the cover of the album.[1]
In the popular teen fiction book An Abundance of Katherines, this book is mentioned as a gift to child prodigy Colin Singleton from his father. When asked the question, "Do you sometimes feel like a circle with a missing piece?", Colin replies, "Daddy, I am not a circle, I am a boy."
In the 2017 movie The Upside, the character Philip Lacasse's love interest Lily Foley refers to The Missing Piece to subtly convey to him that she is not interested in pursuing a relationship.
Sequeledit
A sequel was published in 1981 entitled The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, which is told from a Missing Piece's point of view.
missing, piece, book, missing, piece, children, picture, book, poet, shel, silverstein, missing, piecehardcover, bookauthorshel, silversteincountryunited, stateslanguageenglishgenrechildren, literaturepublication, date1976followed, bythe, missing, piece, meets. The Missing Piece is a children s picture book by poet Shel Silverstein The Missing PieceHardcover bookAuthorShel SilversteinCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreChildren s LiteraturePublication date1976Followed byThe Missing Piece Meets the Big O Contents 1 Plot 2 Popular culture 3 Sequel 4 See also 5 ReferencesPlot editThe story centers on a circular shape like creature that is missing a wedge shaped piece of itself It doesn t like this and sets out to find its missing piece singing 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 It starts out on a grand adventure searching for the perfect piece to complete itself while singing and enjoying the scenery But after the circle finally finds the exact sized wedge that fits it it begins to realize that it can no longer do the things it used to enjoy doing like singing or rolling slowly enough to enjoy the company of a worm or butterfly It decides that it was happier when searching for the missing piece than actually having it So it gently puts the piece down and continues searching happily Popular culture editThe 1998 album Komadic koji nedostaje by the Serbian pop punk band Oruzjem Protivu Otmicara was named after the book Silverstein s drawing which appeared on the cover of the book was used on the cover of the album 1 On the television show Family Guy episode Barely Legal Glenn Quagmire gives Meg Griffin the book to help her in her path through adolescence In the popular teen fiction book An Abundance of Katherines this book is mentioned as a gift to child prodigy Colin Singleton from his father When asked the question Do you sometimes feel like a circle with a missing piece Colin replies Daddy I am not a circle I am a boy In the 2017 movie The Upside the character Philip Lacasse s love interest Lily Foley refers to The Missing Piece to subtly convey to him that she is not interested in pursuing a relationship Sequel editA sequel was published in 1981 entitled The Missing Piece Meets the Big O which is told from a Missing Piece s point of view See also edit nbsp Children s literature portalReferences edit Janjatovic Petar 2007 EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960 2006 Belgrade Self published p 287 nbsp This article about a picture book is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Missing Piece book amp oldid 1186003678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
