the poor old hippopotamus‚ to cover his hide – once we decide exactly how big his bottomus.” This short‚ humorous poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the many unique and entertaining works of Shel Silverstein‚ a poet‚ author‚ artist and musician. As a child‚ I grew up reading books by Silverstein‚ including A Light in the Attic and The Giving Tree. I was excited to set out to find information about one of the authors that shaped my love for books at an early age. In order to find sources‚ I
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other poet with the influence and storytelling ability as that of Shel Silverstein. Throughout Shel Silverstein’s life‚ he acquired an array of different talents ranging from cartooning to poetry. His most popular works include his book The Giving Tree and the song he composed for popular artist Johnny Cash‚ "A Boy Named Sue". The remarkableness of his poetry is only equaled by his actual life. On September 25‚ 1930‚ Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. He started drawing at the youthful
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The first book I read was The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. It can be debated that it was more reciting than reading because at the time it was my favorite book‚ and I had others read it to me as often as possible. I remember thinking the the tree was such a kind and devoted friend‚ while the boy was a “meanie.” I see now that the tree gave everything away and lost herself in the process. The unhealthy relationship between the tree and the boy led to the tree being abandoned and entirely unhappy
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My Messy Room I am currently sitting in my bedroom‚ on a cold winter day. My feet touching the rough surface of my ancient Persian carpet‚ walls of orangey orange stare at me through the pictures on them‚ and the mountains of dirty clothes falling over me as if there was an avalanche going on. Today is not going well as I feel stressed from all the chores that I have‚ plus the cleaning of my over infected room. Even though every visitor that gets to see my room may suffer blindness from seeing the
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The Giving Tree‚ written by Shel Silverstein in 1964‚ is a poem that starts off with a little boy who’s best friend is a tree that plays with him‚ gives him apples‚ and provides him shade when he gets tired. As the story goes on‚ the little boy grows up and stops playing with the Tree. He returns after a while and asks the Tree for money but she can’t so instead she gives him all her apples to sell for money. He gladly takes them without saying thank you. After a very long time‚ he comes back again
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the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein contains a deeper meaning than what shows on the surface. This poem tells a story about a better place that only the children know; a place different from all the hate and darkness shown in modern life. Shel Silverstein is mostly known for his touching children’s book‚ The Giving Tree‚ and poetry. In the poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends‚” the author emphasizes the idea of how we must follow the children to create an exceeding world. Silverstein uses Hyperbole and
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Literacy Narrative I could spend hours on end wrapped up in a good book. I confess… I don’t spend as much time reading as I would like to‚ but when I get around to it I can’t put the book down. My favorite book as a child was The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein‚ this little book really sparked my interest in reading and carried me forward into my love for learning. At the age of five‚ my Auntie Laurie started taking me to Borders every month. Every time we went she would make a big deal about it. I
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The poem " Where The Sidewalk Ends " by Shel Silverstein really gives you the feeling that you’re the one walking on the side walk all the way to the other side until it ends. The author’s use of descriptive language conveys the idea of how the side walk looks like. This poem will give you the image in your head and you’ll be able to imagen everything by the details they give you. One evidance that gives you the feeling that you’re actully walking on the sidewalk is " And there the moon-bird
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stories. In Shel Silverstein’s‚ “The Missing Piece meets The Big O”‚ the reader follows the story about a wedge looking for a missing piece‚ going through many adventures and outrageous situations to do so. But really‚ it is an encouraging story about how true love‚ no matter if it’s who or what‚ does not complete us‚ but instead lets us grow and helps us reach our full potential. The words of Shel Silverstein stretch out
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Shel Silverstein was removed from the University of Illinois because of his lack in keeping his academic high ("Learnodo Newtonic"‚ 2015). Shel Silverstein says it best in his words “What you’ve got to say‚ you say”("BrainyQuote"). Shel Silverstein was more than a poet‚ he was a songwriter‚ a poet‚ musician‚ composer‚ cartoonist‚ and a screenwriter. Shel Silverstein has sold over 18 million copies of book and it is 20 different kinds of languages. Shel Silverstein was a poet who wrote music and
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