Shel Silverstein was one of the most talented poets of the last century. If you were a kid who grew up in America, you grew up with his songs, poems, and maybe one or two cartoons that he made, too.

The family of the beloved children's poet has released Every Thing On It, a collection of playful, previously unpublished poems and drawings. "I cannot see your face," Silverstein wrote in a poem ...

30 Best Poems for Kids 1. "Sick" by Shel Silverstein “I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. ... Of funny things go by. Some have two feet And some have four.

Shel Silverstein was known ... characters that feels like a PG-13 version of Silverstein's children's poetry. ... that end up both heartwarming and funny. For good measure, Silverstein also ...

3 Shel Silverstein Poems to Read With Your Children ... they’re just as appealing and funny and true.” Silverstein seemed to understand children’s anxieties and fantasies in a way that most ...

Then there is Shel Silverstein, children’s book author.” By the time Silverstein died in 1999 , at 68, his songs had been recorded by Judy Collins, Marianne Faithfull and Waylon Jennings.

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced ...

When Shel Silverstein wrote the poem “Years From Now,” he seemed to know that one day he’d be gone but that his playful words and images would still be making children happy. “I cannot see ...

If you liked Silverstein's other books, such as Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends, you'll recognize poems — like "Frightened" — as vintage Shel: Every Thing On It includes 145 ...

When Shel Silverstein wrote the poem "Years From Now," he seemed to know that one day he'd be gone but that his playful words and images would still be making children happy. "I cannot see your ...