Shel Silverstein Website:www.shelsilverstein.com Birthplace: Chicago, IL USA Author Biography Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 25, 1930. He died in Key West on May 10, 1999. Silverstein attended the University of Illinois in Chicago, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and Roosevelt University but was drafted into the Army in 1953 before he could graduate. He worked as a cartoonist, a playwright, a singer, and a composer of popular music. Perhaps his best known song is "A Boy Named Sue," recorded by Johnny Cash. The author was sometimes known as Uncle Shelby. He had a daughter Shoshanna who died at age seven and a son Matthew. Silverstein was best known for his humorous poetry. "Light in the Attic" was a SLJ Best Book in 1981. "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O" was a Children's Choice Book for 1982. In 2002 he was elected to the Country Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Updating Results ... You are viewing: Author - Shel SilversteinSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items 1 each from this page1 each from all results 6 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 Simply add a title by clicking the . * Your Discounted Price Every thing on it by Silverstein, Shel BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2011)Publication Date: 08/15/2011 BTSB #: 819125 Available Dewey: 811/NAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Children's poetry Nonsense verses Humorous poetry Summary: Over one hundred never-before-seen poems and illustrations by the beloved American artist pulled by his family from his personal archives. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Falling up : poems and drawings by Silverstein, Shel BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 1996) BTSB #: 819425 Available Dewey: 811/NAges: 7-12 RC: 3.5 3-5 Lexile: NP Genres: Subjects: Humorous poetry Summary: A collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 26.58 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Giving tree by Silverstein, Shel BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 1964) BTSB #: 819172 Temp OS Dewey: EAges: 5-9 AR: 2.6 LG RC: 2.9 K-2 Lexile: 530 F&P: N Genres: Subjects: Parables Love - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Summary: The parable of a tree and of the love she had for a boy. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Light in the attic by Silverstein, Shel BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 1981) BTSB #: 819200 Available Dewey: 811/NAges: 7-12 RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: NP Genres: Subjects: Humorous poetry Summary: A collection of humorous poems. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Where the sidewalk ends by Silverstein, Shel BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2004) BTSB #: 819430 Available Dewey: 811/NAges: 7-12 RC: 3.9 3-5 Lexile: NP Genres: Subjects: Humorous poetry Summary: A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 26.58 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Who wants a cheap rhinoceros? by Silverstein, Shel BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2021)Publication Date: 11/02/2021 BTSB #: 819433 Available Dewey: EAges: 4-8 Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction Subjects: Rhinoceroses - Fiction Pets - Fiction Humorous fiction Summary: There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! I am INVISIBLE! 6 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 1 each from this page1 each from all results You are viewing: Author - Shel SilversteinSort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items Loading...