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Poetry #Poetrycommunity #TPE On the seventh episode, we dive into the life of Shel Silverstein.

A writer of predominantly children's stories, some leaning towards adult readers; a writer of songs for famous recording artists; a writer of musical scores.

In A Boy Named Shel, Lisa Rogak tells the full story of a life as antic and adventurous as any of his creations.

Edgar Allan Poe, possibly named after a character in Shakespeare's "King Lear", was born the second child on January 19, in Boston, Massachusetts.

This Escape Room will take two hours to complete, or broken down into smaller bite size activities linked to the different poems written by Shel Silverstein.

In A Boy Named Shel, Lisa Rogak tells the full story of a life as antic and adventurous as any of his creations..

Shel Silverstein

American poet, cartoonist, writer, and songwriter (1930–1999)

Shel Silverstein
Silverstein c. 1964 as featured on the back cover of The Giving Tree
Born	Sheldon Allan Silverstein (1930-09-25)September 25, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1999(1999-05-10) (aged 68) Key West, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Author poet cartoonist songwriter playwright
Genre
Children	2

Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1949–1955
Battles / wars	Korean War

Sheldon Allan Silverstein (;^[1] September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. During his rise to prominence in the 1950s, his illustrati