Here’s the best of the best by the groovy pied piper who made poetry fun. Credit ... you probably found yourself face to face with Shel Silverstein, whose iconic bald head appears on the ...

Snippets of poetry have provided writer Irene Latham enough wisdom to fill a book. She shares several in this week's column.

Shel Silverstein is known for his whimsical and twisted children's poetry, compiled in books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. However, the Chicago native had many talents ...

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime?

When my mom first mentioned her past objection to Shel Silverstein, I assumed she was the only person in the world who had a problem with his poetry. I was wrong. A cursory Internet search placed ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk ... That was the moment I fell in love with poetry. I begged my parents to buy the children’s book for me so I ...

Here, we will dive into some of the best and most interesting songs that Silverstein wrote for some of the world’s most famous musicians. While we won’t cover every song Silverstein penned for ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Nick Yokanovich’s Shel Silverstein ... Silverstein to high school students at ChiArts when he decided to get the tattoo. “Reading those poems as an ...