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Shel Silverstein biography :

Sheldon Allan Silverstein was born on 25 September 1932 in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois. Although he is known to be a writer of children’s literature, he is also a cartoonist, lyricist, composer and folksinger.

More commonly known as Shel Silverstein, this American poet started writing when he was just a young boy. Instead of playing baseball or watching girls, he spent most of his time writing. Since he was unfamiliar with the writing styles of any of the great poets, he was able to develop his own unique method.

It is quite ironic that Silverstein started his illustrious career in 1952 by writing and drawing cartoons for an adult magazine. He became part of the US military forces and further developed his talent as a cartoonist by contributing regularly to the military newsletter, Pacific Stars and Stripes. Not much was heard of Shel Silverstein from the years that followed until he emerged again in the 70’s. In 1970, he composed music for the films Ned Kelly, Who is Harry Kellerman, and Why Is He Saying Such Terrible Things About Me.

He began writing and drawing for children at the suggestion of Ursula Nordstrom. The Giving Tree, one of his earliest and most successful books was initially rejected by editor William Cole because its content was neither for an adult nor for children. They were, however, able to reach a compromise. The book was published, and the rest shall we say, is history.

Some of Silverstein’s literary works include Falling Up (1996), A Light in the Attic (1981). He wrote songs for Dr Hook, and composed music for the 1990 Meryl Streep film, which was loosely based on Carrie Fisher’s life, Postcards from the Edge.

Shel Silverstein died of a massive heart attack on 10 May 1999 at the age of 66.

 

 
   
 

Poems by Shel Silverstein  :

Bear In There

Anteater

Cloony The Clown

Messy Room

"Melinda Mae"

The Dragon of Grindly Grun

My Beard

The Toucan

Weird-Bird

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Picture Puzzle Piece

Sick

 
 

Books of poetry by Shel Silverstein   :

A Giraffe and a Half

 

Book Description
If you had a giraffe
and he stretched another half …
you would have a giraffe and a half.
And if you glued a rose
to the tip of his nose …

And … if he put on a shoe
and then stepped in some glue …

And if he used a chair
to comb his hair …

And so it goes until … but that would be telling. Children will be kept in stitches until the very end, when the situation is resolved in the most riotous way possible.
Shel Silverstein’s incomparable line drawings add to the hilarity of his wildly funny rhymes.
 

 
 

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