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Shel Silverstein
- poet
- composer
- writer
- singer
- songwriter
- children's writer
- film score composer
- cartoonist
- illustrator
- actor
- screenwriter
- musician
- Born 1930-09-25
- Died 1999-05-10 (aged 68)
- Nationality United States
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1930 age 0
Born1970 age 40
1971 age 41
1999 age 68
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There's a Polar Bear<br>In our Frigidaire -<br>He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
Shel Silverstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
Shel Silverstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
Once I spoke the language of the flowers,<br>Once I understand each word the caterpillar said,<Br>Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,<br>And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed.
Shel Silverstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
Shel Silverstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
If you have to dry the dishes <br>(Such an awful boring chore)<br>If you have to dry the dishes<br>('Stead of going to the store)<br>If you have to dry the dishes<br>And you drop one on the floor<br>Maybe they won't let you<br>Dry the dishes anymore
Shel Silverstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
How do you do! My name is Sue! Now you gonna die!
Shel Silverstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Nationalities
- United States
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Languages
- English
- Instruments
- voice
- Record labels
- Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Elektra
- Genres
- children's literature
- Notable works
- Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book, Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back, Don't Bump the Glump!, Falling Up, A Light in the Attic, Runny Babbit
- Education
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Theodore Roosevelt High School, University of Chicago