The Magical World of Shel Silverstien
By TheBOX Seats featured writer Mechelle Lyon
Books are the gateway to unknown worlds and no one takes readers to uncharted lands better than author/illustrator Shel Silverstien. His writing abilities are an art all their own, but it’s Silverstien’s drawings that really bring the reader to a whole new whimsical world. Silverstien started his career by being the leading cartoonist for Playboy magazine during the 50′s and 60′s. His featured article included 23 installments of illustrated travel essays called “Shel Silverstien Visits…”. He then went on to publish multiple children’s books that were filled with his quirky drawing of delightful characters on adventures. For some of us adults, whose imaginations refuse to grow up, his work still continues to impress.
Since 1955, Silverstien’s drawings have helped us fly in shoes …
Eat a whole whale…
Learn how to give…
And taken us to the edge of the world…
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