![]() ![]() ![]() His books, which he also illustrated, are characterized by a deft mixing of the sly and the serious, the macabre and the silly. Runny Babbit (HarperCollins, 2005), a posthumous poetry collection of spoonerisms, was conceived and completed before his death.Ī cartoonist, playwright, poet, performer, and recording artist, Silverstein was also a Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriter. His works include such modern classics as A Light in the Attic (HarperCollins, 1981), recipient of the School Library Journal Best Books Award in 1982 Where the Sidewalk Ends (Harper & Row, 1974), a 1974 Michigan Young Readers Award winner and The Giving Tree (Harper & Row, 1964). Silverstein is best known as the author of iconic books of prose and poetry for young readers. Shel Silverstein was born on Septemin Chicago, Illinois, and began writing and drawing at a young age. ![]()
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