Sheldon allan silverstein poems on death

Most of what is known about his views and opinions, aside from what may be interpreted from his works, comes from a Publisher's Weekly 24 Feb interview with Jean F. Silverstein discussed the roots of his career in his childhood with Mercier: "When I was a kid - 12, 14, around there - I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls.

But I couldn't play ball, I couldn't dance So, I started to draw and to write.

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I was I never saw their work till I was around He was stationed in Japan and Korea, and while in the military, he was a cartoonist for the Pacific edition of the military newspaper, Stars And Stripes. After his stint in the military, Silverstein became a cartoonist for Playboy in He confided to Mercier: "I never planned to write or draw for kids.

It was Tomi Ungerer, a friend of mine, who insisted And she convinced me that Tomi was right, I could do children's books. A Publisher's Weekly 28 Oct reviewer called the bool "a wild, free-wheeling, slangy tale that most children and many parents will enjoy immensely", and it met with moderate success, as did Silverstein's Uncle Shelby's A Giraffe and a Half