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 face," ...

“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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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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 ...

Shel Silverstein is best known for his irreverent and quirky children’s books, such as the modern classic, “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” But he was also a Playboy magazine cartoonist, a musician and a ...

Tokyo, Japan, 1954: Artist Shel Silverstein checks a pre-press plate before it is printed, along with Pacific Stars and Stripes staff at the Hardy Barracks building. Silverstein worked for Pacific ...