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Shel Silverstein

About the life of poet, Shel Silverstein. By Laura Kliewer

+The Books of Shel Silverstein

Every Thing on it

Runny Babbit

Falling Up

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O

The Missing Piece

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Who wants a cheap Rhinoceros

The Giving Tree

A Giraffe and a Half

A Light in the Attic

Don’t Bum the Glump

Lafcadio, the Lion who shot Back

+Falling Up

“Why can’t you see I’m a kid’, said the kid.Why try to make me like you?Why are you hurt when I don’t cuddle?Why do you sigh when I splash through a puddle?Why do you scream when I do what I did?I’m a kid.”

+The Life of Shel

Drew cartoons before becoming a poet.

He also wrote music, such as the song, “A Boy Named Sue”, which Johnny Cash made famous.

Wrote comics for numerous magazines

Continued producing Children’s books into the late 1990’s

Passed away May 10, 1999

+The Giving Tree

Considered by many to be one of Silversten’s greatest works.

“Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy very, very much—even more than she loved herself”

+Writing Career

Shel began his writing career with his book, “Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back,” in 1963. He followed that book up with his next, “The Giving Tree,” which may be his well known work of literature. It took four years for the book to be published, as many people thought it was too sad to publish.

+Related Websites

Shel’s webpage

http://www.shelsilverstein.com

Wikipedia Author page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein

Shel Silverstein on Goodreads

www.goodreads.com