Shel Silverstein
Bibliography of Children's Books

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Shel Silverstein bibliography. For biography, see Shel Silverstein Page. The ISLMC is a meta-site of educational materials for school librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Rev. 7/11/02

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Fiction

A Giraffeand a Half. HarperCollins, 1975.

Zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things--like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee--only to lose them again, one by one.

The Giving Tree. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.

A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

A missing piece, looking for someone to carry it along, finally develops its own momentum.

The Missing Piece. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.

A circle has difficulty finding its missing piece but has a good time looking for it.

Uncle Shelby's A Giraffe and a Half. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.

Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, The Lion who Shot Back. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.

After leaving the jungle for the circus and a life of fame and wealth, a lion who taught himself to be the best shot in the world discovers he's not really a lion anymore, and not really a man, either.

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1983; Macmillan, 1964.

There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance.

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002.

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Nonfiction

Children's Program of Poetry and Literature [Non-music sound recording] With Prosser Gifford and Lloyd Alexander. Library of Congress, 1993.

Substituting for Poet Laureate Mona Van Duyn, Gifford reads from the poetry of Shel Silverstein. Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress.

Falling Up: Poems and Drawings. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

The Giving Tree & Other Shel Silverstein Songs. [Music sound recording] New York: Sony Kids Music, p1992.

Performed by Cowboy Steff

A Light in the Attic. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

A Light in the Attic. [Non-music sound recording] New York: Columbia Records, 1985.

Where the Sidewalk Ends. 1st ed. New York: Harper and Row, 1974.

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

Where the Sidewalk Ends. [Music sound recording] Written and performed by Shel Silverstein. New York: Columbia, p1984.

Where the Sidewalk Ends. [Book + 1 computer optical disc] 25th anniversary ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.

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Biography

Meister, Cari. Shel Silverstein. Edina, MN: Abdo, 2001.

Ward, S. (Stasia). Meet Shel Silverstein. 1st ed. New York: PowerKids, 2001.

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Criticism & Interpretation

MacDonald, Ruth K. Shel Silverstein. New York: Twayne Publishers; London: Prentice Hall International, 1997. Twayne's United States Authors Series.