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Birth
Shel was born on september 25, 1930 in Chicago Illinois. -
Begining
Shel Silverstein started wrighting when he was 12 years old. -
Korean War
Shel Silverstein served in the Korean War. -
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Shel was a cartoonist for the "Pacific Stars and Stripes" while he served in the Korean War, -
Play Boy
Shel was a cartoonist for the Play Boy magazine after he served in the Korean War. -
Composer
Shel started composing music after he was drawn to Folk Music in the 1960's. -
The Giviing Tree
Shel got the "The Giving Tree" published. A few years before he got his book rejected by Willium Cole. -
Where The Sidewalk Ends
Shel recieved the Young Reader Award in 1974, for the book Where The Sidewalk Ends. -
My Beard
My beard grows down to my toes,
I never wears no clothes,
I wraps my hair
Around my bare,
And down the road I goes -
Hug O War
I will not play at tug o' war
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug.
Where everyone kisses
And everyone grins
And everyone cuddles
And everyone win. -
wrighting plays
In 1981 Shel started to wright plays. His first play was produced the same year, -
A Light In The Attic
Shel recieved the School Library Journal Best Book Award, for the book A Light In The Attic. -
Falling Up
Shel published his book Falling up in 1996. -
Death
Shel died of a heart attack in Key West, Florida.
