“Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “The Giving Tree,” and “A Light in the Attic” may be the best known titles from the pen of Shel Silverstein. But what do we associate with Shel Silverstein, the playwright?

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: He ...

July 10, 2009 Millennium Park will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a blockbuster event of song and spoken word called SHELebration: A Tribute to Shel Silverstein. This night of song and ...

“Do a loony-goony dance/ ’Cross the kitchen floor,/ Put something silly in the world/ That ain’t been there before.” —Shel Silverstein, “A Light in the Attic” World-renowned children’s author and poet ...

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Bobby Bare and author/songwriter Shel Silverstein were great friends, as well as mutual admirers of each other's work. Now Bobby is producing a tribute to his late friend titled 'Turnable, Twistable ...