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Shel Silverstein
Author Study
Life/Writing Career Silverstein was an American poet, singer-songwriter,
musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children’s books.
He was born in Chicago, and was writing by the time we was 12. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and went on to attend the Art Institute of Chicago.
He made cartoons in the military. Then he was introduced to an editor who said he should write for children. Many of his books were poems and drawings.
Shel Silverstein passed away on May 10, 1999 from a heart attack in Key West, Florida.
Books by Shel
List of BooksEvery Thing On It
Falling Up
A Giraffe and a Half
The Giving Tree
Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
A Light in the Attic
The Missing Piece
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
Runny Babbit
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
Don’t’ Bump the Glump
Quotes
“Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.” - Shel Silverstein
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.” - Shel Silverstein
Awards 1. Grammy Awards for Best Country Song, "A Boy Named
Sue":1969. 2. Grammy Awards for Best Children's Recording was for
Where the Sidewalk Ends in 1984. 3. ALA Notable Book for Where the Sidewalk Ends in 1974. 4. Outstanding Book Award for Where the Sidewalk Ends
in 1974. 5. Best Book Award in 1981 for A Light in the Attic. 6.Children's Choice Award for The Missing Piece Meets the
Big O in 1982. 7.William Allen Book Award for A Light in the Attic in 1984.
Related Websites
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/play.asp
www.poets.org/ssilv/
faculty.weber.edu/chansen/humanweb/projects/.../biography.htm
www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
