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Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein was a children's book author, poet, cartoonist, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. Born in 1930, he grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois, from which he was expelled. Silverstein later attended Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and Roosevelt University for three years until he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Having begun drawing cartoons as a child, his cartoons were published in Pacific Stars & Stripes while he served in Japan and Korea. Returning to Chicago, he sold hot dogs at ballparks while creating and selling his cartoons. Playboy sent him traveling around the world beginning in 1957 to create an illustrated travel journal. He published his cartoons in several collections. Silverstein's editor encouraged him to write children's poetry, and many of his first such works appeared in Playboy. As a songwriter, Silverstein has written many successful songs, including the Grammy-Award-winning "A Boy Named Sue" recorded by Johnny Cash. Silverstein's first children's book was published in 1963, but The Giving Tree was the book that made his reputation. His illustrated poetry collections, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Light in the Attic, were also critical successes and bestsellers. Silverstein died in 1999.

Books by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein 0060572345 Book Cover

Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein

$4.89 - $18.75

The Giving Tree 0060586753 Book Cover

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

$4.89 - $57.69

A Light in the Attic 0060256745 Book Cover

A Light in the Attic

Shel Silverstein

$4.89 - $19.16

Falling Up 0590996894 Book Cover

Falling Up

Shel Silverstein

$4.59 - $19.89

A Giraffe and a Half 0060256559 Book Cover

A Giraffe and a Half

Shel Silverstein

$4.49 - $19.16

Every Thing On It 0061998168 Book Cover

Every Thing On It

Shel Silverstein

$6.99 - $20.13

The Missing Piece 0590257617 Book Cover

The Missing Piece

Shel Silverstein

$5.19 - $17.99

Runny Babbit 0439812313 Book Cover

Runny Babbit

Shel Silverstein

$4.19 - $19.16

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O 0060256583 Book Cover

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O

Shel Silverstein

$4.79 - $16.62

Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back B0019HWYMA Book Cover

Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back

Shel Silverstein

$5.39 - $16.37

Don't Bump the Glump and Other Fantasies 0545110726 Book Cover

Don't Bump the Glump and Other Fantasies

Shel Silverstein

$5.19 - $18.53

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? 0590107127 Book Cover

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?

Shel Silverstein

$5.39 - $18.89

Runny Babbit Returns: Another Billy Sook 0062479393 Book Cover

Runny Babbit Returns: Another Billy Sook

Shel Silverstein

$4.59 - $17.56

Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book 067121148X Book Cover

Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book

Shel Silverstein

$4.89 - $14.44

Different Dances B000IFOFQM Book Cover

Different Dances

Shel Silverstein

$19.99 - $49.09

Where the Sidewalk Ends/Every Thing On It: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein 0062495860 Book Cover

Where the Sidewalk Ends/Every Thing On It: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Poems and Drawings: Slipcase 3-Book Box Set 0060511494 Book Cover

Poems and Drawings: Slipcase 3-Book Box Set

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Playboy's Silverstein Around the World 0743290240 Book Cover

Playboy's Silverstein Around the World

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Oh Hell 0573692548 Book Cover

Oh Hell

Shel Silverstein

$15.95

Shel's Shorts 0822218976 Book Cover

Shel's Shorts

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Draw A Skinny Elephant 0060280530 Book Cover

Draw A Skinny Elephant

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Where the Sidewalk Ends & Falling Up 0062957457 Book Cover

Where the Sidewalk Ends & Falling Up

Shel Silverstein

$30.29 - $33.89

Playboy's Teevee Jeebies B0007ELCK6 Book Cover

Playboy's Teevee Jeebies

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Shel Silverstein, Stories and Drawings B00B3YI2J8 Book Cover

Shel Silverstein, Stories and Drawings

Shel Silverstein

Releases 1/1/9999

The Giving TREE 1034961020 Book Cover

The Giving TREE

Shel Silverstein

$20.06

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein 0822218739 Book Cover

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Uncle Shelby's Zoo Don't Bump The Glump and Other Fantasies B000NZ8O9G Book Cover

Uncle Shelby's Zoo Don't Bump The Glump and Other Fantasies

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Grab Your Socks! B00173HPM0 Book Cover

Grab Your Socks!

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

Take Ten B0007K1Z0C Book Cover

Take Ten

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

More Playboy's Teevee Jeebies B000HF9TA0 Book Cover

More Playboy's Teevee Jeebies

Shel Silverstein

Out of Stock

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