Shel Silverstein

“When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?”

Shel Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) is better known to children as being an American poet, cartoonist, and an author of children's books. His books have been translated into 20 different language and have sold over 20 million copies.

Over the years Shel Silverstein has complied his poems into a collection of books.

^Some_Shel^Silverstein_Poem^Collections_are:

• Where he Sidewalk Ends
• A Light in the Attic
• Falling Up
• Don't Bump the Glump!
• Runny Rabbit

He has also written many beloved children's books as well. Each with their own life lesson.

^Some_great^Shel_Silverstein^Children's_Books^are:

• A Giraffe and a Half
• The Giving Tree
• Lafcadio the Lion Who Shot Back
• Who Whants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
• The Missing Piece
• The Missing Piece Meets the Big O

Shel Silverstein also has a great website where kids can play games and puzzles and have all kinds of fun.

“I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.”

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