Hook & The Medicine Show “Unicorn Song,” for the Irish Rovers “A Boy Named Sue,” for Johnny Cash and “Queen of the Silver Dollar,” which Emmylou Harris covered on Pieces of the Sky.
The Giving Tree, a fable about a lifelong relationship between a boy and a tree, has become a classic in the canon of children’s literature and has sold over five million copies.Īs a songwriter, Silverstein wrote “The Cover of the Rolling Stone,” recorded by Dr. Silverstein’s poems are often darkly humorous, irreverent, and populated with invented characters, such as the “Bloath” in Where the Sidewalk Ends, who dwells “n the undergrowth” and “feeds upon poets and tea.” Silverstein’s poems and stories are accompanied by his simple yet energetic pen-and-ink illustrations. His books have been commended for their appeal to both adults and children.
Silverstein is the author and illustrator of numerous books, including The Giving Tree (1964), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974), A Light in the Attic (1981), and Falling Up (1996). He started out as a cartoonist, publishing work in Playboy and the military publication Stars & Stripes, before turning to children’s books. A singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, award-winning children’s writer, and actor, Shel Silverstein grew up in Chicago.
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