Shel Silverstien

Birth

Sep 25, 1930

Shel was born on september 25 1930.His parents are Nathan and Helen Silverstein. H was born in Chicago

The torch

Jan 1, 1950

Shels first cartoon is published. The magizine is called the torch.
People really liked his cartoons.

Take ten

Apr 4, 1955

Shels first grown up book. It was a very sucessful book. he starts making more grown up books.

Cartoonist

Jan 7, 1956

Shel becomes a cartoonist. He gets comments on his good work. he is appreciated by a lot of people.

First album

Jun 12, 1959

Shels first album album is realesed. the name is hairy jazz. Most of his songs were very comical.

Heres my plan

May 12, 1960

Shel creates a book for adults. the name of it is 'Heres my plan'. This book was a guide for parents.

First childrens book

Oct 15, 1963

First childrens book created by Shel. 'Lafcadio the lion who shot back' was his first child book. It was a huge sucess.

Dirty feet

Aug 6, 1968

Shel creates 'Dirty feet'. it was another comical album. He wanted people to laugh at his work.

Inside Shel

Apr 30, 1970

shel creates a album called 'Inside Shel Silverstien'. This wasn't a very comical album.It was more of an autobiograghy.

The missing piece

Nov 6, 1976

Shel makes "The Missing Piece". It was another chidrens book. It was created to make kids laugh.

Gorrilas and wildlife

Sep 13, 1983

Shel performs one of his first plays. It was called Gorrilas and wildlife. Shel loved Gorrilas.

More plays

Jun 15, 1985

Shel makes the happy hour. It was a more grown up. It was inapropriate.

New living newspaper

May 31, 1992

Shel performs play in new living newspaper. He was getting older and less comical. It wasn't suposed to be funny.

New Book

Apr 13, 1996

Chidrens book is published. Its called Falling up. It was one of his best books ever made.

Death

May 10, 1999

Shel Silverstien dies on may 10, 1999. He died in Keywest ,Florida. He died of Myocardial Infarction