In fact, you'd be surprised by how much kids can get on board with the rhyming and humor in easy, fun ... by Shel Silverstein, Dr. Seuss or Maya Angelou, some of the most iconic kids' poems ...

Produced by Sara Curtis Edited by Wendy Dorr Featuring Elisabeth Egan Engineered by Diane Wong Shel Silverstein ... and funny and true.” Silverstein seemed to understand children’s anxieties ...

"One of the ways I describe this book is Shel Silverstein meets Rumi ... this is not true! Poetry can be fun. "When you write poems with kids, you see how immediately they get this," Matthew ...

Shel Silverstein is known for his whimsical and twisted children's poetry, compiled in books such ... Not only are they clever and funny, but they're also rife with melancholy and heartbreak ...

Here’s the best of the best by the groovy pied piper who made poetry fun ... “troubadour king” of children’s literature, we need to zoom out a bit. “Shel Silverstein is more or less ...

Shel Silverstein, for instance ... the inky-black darkness was sunny and bright.”). But wordplay in children's poetry isn't ...

Although it is a poetry book written for children, “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein offers insight ... beyond the sidewalk was magical and fun. Maybe a new beginning instead ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel ... and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my tongue. That was the moment I fell in love with poetry. I begged my parents to buy the children ...

constant browse through the world of kids’ books, inspired by Ben’s birth.” Seven-year-old Kevin King, of New York, stands at a microphone and reads a Shel Silverstein poem at a book party ...