No exaggeration: The "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series are the ... but the back of it had a picture of the author, this guy named Shel Silverstein." "But Shel Silverstein looks more like a burglar ...

According to the program of the Atlantic Theater Co.’s “An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein,” the late Silverstein, who died in 1999, wrote “hundreds” of short plays.

Alice Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images Supported by By Elisabeth Egan If you were lucky enough to be read to as a kid, you probably found yourself face to face with Shel Silverstein ...

No matter your interpretation of the story, The Giving Tree is a children’s classic that helped make Shel Silverstein a household name—even if it took him a while to get there. 1. Multiple ...

As a result, what accompanies the understandable excitement produced by a posthumous Shel Silverstein publication is a small voice of uncertainty: Was Silverstein's relentless perfectionism ...

When asked many years ago what he most wanted out of life, Shel Silverstein answered, “Everything.” It was a characteristic answer from this elusive, legendary artist who was born in Chicago ...