TWA Poet: Shel Silverstein

1930 - 1999

It’s the birthday of children’s author and illustrator Shel Silverstein, born Sheldon Allen Silverstein in Chicago (1930). As a youngster himself, he wanted to play baseball or be popular with girls, Silverstein once said, but he couldn’t play ball and he couldn’t dance. So he wrote and drew to occupy himself, developing a signature style and wit that w…