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The United States Postal Service released a new series of Forever stamps Friday in honor of Shel Silverstein, the Jewish author and illustrator who died in 1999. The stamps commemorate what is perhaps ...

Shel Silverstein’s Homework Machine was one of my kids’ favorite poems of his when they were little. First published ...

“Do a loony-goony dance/ ’Cross the kitchen floor,/ Put something silly in the world/ That ain’t been there before.” —Shel Silverstein, “A Light in the Attic” World-renowned children’s author and poet ...

(JTA) — The United States Postal Service released a new series of Forever stamps Friday in honor of Shel Silverstein, the Jewish author and illustrator who died in 1999. The stamps commemorate what is ...

Shel Silverstein was best known for children’s classics like “The Giving Tree” and his books of poetry, including “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Falling Up” and “A Light in the Attic.” Though most of his ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Renowned children's author and Chicago native Shel Silverstein has been honored with a new "forever" postage stamp. The stamp was dedicated at Charles R. Darwin Elementary, at 3116 W.

A glance at the May/June issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The beloved children’s poet whom scholars hate Shel Silverstein, who wrote books and poems for children -- as well as bawdy songs, poems, and ...

From Where The Sidewalk Ends (1974): "Warning' Inside everybody's nose There lives a sharp-toothed snail. So if you stick your finger in, He may bite off your nail. Stick it farther up inside, And he ...

Shel Silverstein's silly and wonderful poems have been turned into an 11-poem serial with curriculum guide that we are offering to e-edition users free of charge. Courtesy of Harper Collins Children's ...