Shel Silverstein was one of the most talented poets of the last century. If you were a kid who grew up in America, you grew up with his songs, poems, and maybe one or two cartoons that he made, too.

And this is Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Shel Silverstein. He was a poet, writer, composer, singer, musician and artist. Shel Silverstein wrote ...

Ten years after his heartbreaking children's book The Giving Tree was published, Shel Silverstein's editor Ursula Nordstrom at Harper & Row convinced the author to write a book of poetry. In 1974, ...

Father and son say they wanted to do the tribute album to expose Silverstein's songwriting to a wider audience. "There were at least three sides to Shel, and one of them, of course -- a lot people ...

He was irreverent, absurdist and ahead of his time. Here’s the best of the best by the groovy pied piper who made poetry fun. Credit...Alice Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images Supported by ...

On May 10, 1999, celebrated children’s book author and underrated songwriter Shel Silverstein passed away at the age of 68. Few know that Silverstein wrote the comedic country song “A Boy Named Sue” ...