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    <body><![CDATA[I did not like this one nearly as much as I liked the story behind &quot;The Missing Piece Meets the Big O&quot;.  The message seemed to be that finding that special someone is bad because you miss all the things you liked when you were &quot;single&quot;.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this for my niece, Stephanie, when she was 5.  This was the first book she ever read.  She took it to show and tell at school.  I remember discussing the concept of the book and singing the missing piece song with her, &quot;hidey ho here I go, lookin' for my missin' piece, so fleece my kne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12817268">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.<br/><br/>همه ی ما گوشه های تیزی داریم که می تونه نگاه مون، افکارمون، عقایدمون باشه، اما وقتی شروع کنیم به قل خوردن، دیدن دیگران، دیدن خود...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74049366">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My three-year-old son demands that this book, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= The Missing Piece Meets The Big O" title=" The Missing Piece Meets The Big O"> The Missing Piece Meets The Big O</a>, over and over again. It's great to see him enjoying the story at face value (&quot;That circle has a piece missing! How exciting!&quot;) while I can appreciate its be-good-to-yourself deeper meaning. <br/><br/>As...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23022046">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Anticipation is most of the fun!  Christmas comes to mind, you wait and wait in the magical days before Christmas comes and then it's over in a heartbeat and you wish you could go back and do it all again, enjoying the anticipation just a bit more.<br/><br/>I had this experience this year at Thank...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38822938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Makes you think. At first it just seemed like a terribly sweet &quot;I'mma give this one to ma boyfriend!&quot; type book. Then it spit the missing piece out and kept on rollin' and I thought... oh, wait. Nevermind. Is the message that you're better off alone? That relationships deprive you of your ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47924645">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps I am being too hard on this book, but I remember a teacher reading it to our class in grade school and hating it. To me there was too much dull repetition, and the resolution drove me mad. This book turned me off Shel Silverstein for the longest time. I have just barely decided after reading...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64059681">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Before I was married, back in my swinging single days, I had a tradition.  Every Valentine's Day, when I didn't have a date and was all depressed about it, I would go to the bookstore and read this book.  <br/>When you think about it, it can very much be applied to dating.  How the missing piece tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73403569">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[read as part of a children's lit course<br/>This is a great book about relationships.  THe missing piece is lonely and doesn't seem to fit with anyone.  The Big O teaches it to lift, pull, and flop until the missing piece can roll by itself and it is complete.  <br/>I liked the message of this book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73072483">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written for children, Silverstein's _The Missing Piece_ is a good, philosophical read for anyone questioning their self-worth...especially when the self-worth is related directly to relationships or &quot;the one thing missing from my life&quot;.<br/><br/>The older I get, the more poignant this stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51227497">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it with my reading buddy @ school! it was a cuute little story about a circle thing that lost it's piece. it looks sorta like pacman lol! a happy ending! so that's alway good! :) I liked all of shel silverstines books r amazing! they're funny, rhytmic, discriptive and witty! i truly love his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68934593">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book for anyone to read. Probably more meaningful to me as a young adult than as a child. The notion that you need someone else to complete you is pretty much banged into our skulls from a young age, so it's nice to read something with the message that you can be just as happy and co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48234102">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I always liked this story about the little circle that goes around looking for his missing piece. It's a tongue in cheek look at life and how often times we are looking for that missing something in ourselves and when we think we have found it - it's not the thing that was going to bring us happines...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43480790">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[همهء ما دنبال نیمه گمشده خودمون هستیم. دوستی دارم که دنبال ملودیش می گرده. امیدوارم بتوونه پیداش کنه که من باور دارم ملودی نام دیگر همان قطعه گمشده است. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Its about a head that lost a missing piece of his head.  When looking for the missing piece he talk to worms, smell flowers, met beetles, play with butterfly and sing a song.  He found big pieces, small pieces and tall pieces.  He stuck them in his mouth but they did not fit.  He broke one piece.  H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51314164">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My son received this as a gift. My husband read it to him and both were captivated by it. I couldn't agree more. A lesson that took me so long to learn, but that I hope my children never forget.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>It was missing a piece.<br/> And it was not happy.<br/> So it set off in search<br/>of its missing piece.<br/>And as it rolled<br/>it sang this song -Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>I'm lookin' for my missin' piece<br/>Hi-dee-ho, here I go,<br/>Lookin' for my missin' piece.</em></p><p>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.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was given to me as a wedding gift, along with its companion &quot;The Missing Piece Meets the Big O&quot;.  Read it and you'll understand why it was a wedding gift.  It was a very cute and creative gift.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in an advanced english class when we were annalyzing poetry skills. I thought that it was an interesting book, but I didn't really like it all that much.]]></body>
    
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