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Sheldon Allan Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 25, 1930
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Shel joined the army in 1950. He was not a good soldier because he had trouble listining and following directions. While enlisted, he started drawing cartoons for Stars and Stripes magazines. It mostly made fun of the instructors but everyone got a good laugh out of it.
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After Shel's army stilt was over, he found a job drawing cartoons for Playboy magazine. His cartoons were also featured in other magazines like Look and Sports Illustrated, but mainly in Playboy.
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Shel starts to write and sing music
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Ursla Nordstorm convices Shel to start writing childrens peopms. He quickly comes out with the giving tree, which later would become his most popular book.
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Shel produces the famous book, Where the sidewalk ends in 1970.
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Shel won a grammy for the best country song
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Shel wins the outstanding book award from new york times for where the sidewalk ends
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Shel produces another book that would later become famous
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Shel Silverstein dies at age 68 from a heart atttack in Key West Florida on May 10 1999
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