Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
By Shel Silverstein
Silverstein, Shel. Where the sidewalk ends. HarperCollins: New York. 1974.
Introduction: Read the poem out loud to the students. Discuss the silly name used in the poem and the fantasy used in the poem (for example the �flying shoe�) Have students join in on the repeated line �ickle me, pickle me, tickle me too�.
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
By Shel Siverstein
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too
Went for ride in a flying shoe.
�Hooray!�
�What fun!�
�it�s time we flew!�
Said Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.
Icle was captain, and Pickle was crew
And Tickle served coffee and mulligan stew
As higher
And higher
And higher they flew,
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too,
Over the sun and beyond the blue.
�Hold on!�
�Stay in!�
�I hope we do!�
Cried Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too
.
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.
Never returned to the world they knew,
And nobody
Knows what�s
Happen to
Dear Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.
Extension: Talk about what may have happened to Ickle Me, Pickle Me, and Tickle Me. Read the poem again with the students.