The staircase of life is supposed to be an upward path as you live your life, with some landings along the way. As you climb, some steps are easier than others. At times other people will put barriers in your way or try to push you back down the stairs. Sometimes you fall. But if you do fall, always try to make progress. Do not stay down. Remember that it is your staircase to climb. Look up, get up, and fall upwards!Falling Up A Down Staircase is the author's second and final book. It includes some history of the time before her birth, about the people she has met along the way up her staircase and includes some stories that were forgotten in her first book The Days in the Life of a Superklutz. However, this time she is naming names!

Joy Fullerton was just an eleven year-old kid. That's all. Granted, her nose was too long, her face was too narrow, and her extremely tall body was almost stick-thin. And, if that weren't enough to doom her to merciless teasing by the kids on the school bus, she was painfully, painfully shy.On his first day at her school, Grant Cooper demanded to know what Joy's name was. Afraid not to answer, she got as far as "Joy Ful..." when he jumped in with a loud taunt. "Joyful, joyful, she's got a nose-ful. She don't look to me so joyful!" Day in and day out, she heard this from Grant, and all the other kids on board who took up the taunt, morning and afternoon.Now, over twenty years later, and a lot of life gone past, Grant shows up at her medical practice. He doesn't recognize Dr. Joy Fullerton at all, but before entering the exam room, she reads on the chart that the patient's name is Grant Cooper. She'd never forgotten that name. When she opens the exam room door... sure enough, it's him.She'd never forgiven him. So... what happens now?!

NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the classic creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Every Thing On It, comes a wondrous book of poems and drawings. Filled with unforgettable characters like Screamin’ Millie; Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold, this collection by the celebrated Shel Silverstein will charm young readers and make them want to trip on their shoelaces and fall up too! So come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of Shel Silverstein open your eyes and tickle your mind. And don't miss these other Shel Silverstein ebooks, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic!

A practical, non-technical guide to minimizing the likelihood of falling. Includes taking stock of your health and physical abilities, medical conditions and medications, risk factors, exercises, fall-proofing a house and getting up after a fall.