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Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)

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The most popular current writer of humorous verse for children, Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, has been married and divorced, has one daughter, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. His career includes composing popular songs, drawing cartoons, writing many adult articles mehr anzeigen (several for Playboy), and acting. However, he is best known for his self-illustrated children's poetry. His first such book was Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back (1963), the humorous tale of a lion who turns the tables on hunters. It was followed by The Giving Tree (1964), a story of a parentlike tree that gives endlessly and is endlessly used by its son. Several other such picture books followed, including The Missing Piece (1976), about a circle that goes in search of a missing piece, and its sequel, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O (1981). However, two collections of poetry are probably his best-loved work: Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein (1974), and A Light in the Attic (1981). All of Silverstein's poetry for children employs the language play common to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Silverstein is probably the best of the contemporary nonsense poets for children. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Wo der Gehweg endet. Gedichte (1974) 15,426 Exemplare
Falling Up: Poems and Drawings (1996) 7,646 Exemplare
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook (2005) 2,427 Exemplare
A Giraffe and a Half (1657) — Umschlagillustration, einige Ausgaben; Illustrator — 1,727 Exemplare
Every Thing On It (2011) 1,461 Exemplare
MISSING PIECE trifft BIG O (1981) 1,181 Exemplare
Rhinozeros billig zu verkaufen (1964) 699 Exemplare
Arbor Alma/the Giving Tree (2002) 238 Exemplare
Draw a Skinny Elephant (1999) 43 Exemplare
Shel's Shorts (2003) 27 Exemplare
Playboy's Teevee Jeebies (1963) 10 Exemplare
Now Heres My Pln P (1690) 10 Exemplare
Take Ten (1955) 8 Exemplare
Grab Your Socks! (1956) 7 Exemplare
More Playboy's Teevee Jeebies (1965) 7 Exemplare
Falling up (Audio) 5 Exemplare
Best of Shel Silverstein (2005) 4 Exemplare
新装 ぼくを探しに (1979) 3 Exemplare
Girafa e Tanto, Uma 3 Exemplare
I'm Checkin' Out 3 Exemplare
The Guilty Party 2 Exemplare
My Enemy 2 Exemplare
The Smoke-Off 2 Exemplare
The Unicorn (1968) 2 Exemplare
Eight Balloons 1 Exemplar
New St. Nick 1 Exemplar
The End 1 Exemplar
Hippo Sandwich 1 Exemplar
Songs and Stories (2003) 1 Exemplar
Pancake? 1 Exemplar
Me and My Giant 1 Exemplar
Top Cat 1 Exemplar
Poems and Drawings 1 Exemplar
Snowball 1 Exemplar
Inside Folk Songs (2008) 1 Exemplar
The Enemy 1 Exemplar
For Rachel 1 Exemplar

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My Dog Does My Homework! (2004) — Mitwirkender — 841 Exemplare
Free to Be... You and Me (1974) — Mitwirkender — 469 Exemplare
Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories (2002) — Mitwirkender — 218 Exemplare
The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 (2000) — Mitwirkender — 140 Exemplare
6th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1961) — Illustrator — 122 Exemplare
Murder for Love (1996) — Mitwirkender — 86 Exemplare
Murder for Revenge (1998) — Mitwirkender — 70 Exemplare
Good Morning To You, Valentine: Poems For Valentine's Day (1976) — Mitwirkender — 69 Exemplare
Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays (2007) — Mitwirkender — 56 Exemplare
The Signet Book of Short Plays (2004) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
Monster Poems (1976) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
Report from Practically Nowhere (1959) — Illustrator — 18 Exemplare
Playboy Magazine ~ May 1963 (1963) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1976 (1976) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Playboy, October, 1963, Vol. 10, No. 10 (1963) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
De krokodil met kiespijn en andere sprookjes (1996) — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Paradox, Dec. 1999 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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Shel Silverstein war mir kein Begriff und so war ich umso neugieriger auf dieses Buchgeschenk. Die englische Wikipedia beschreibt ihn als "American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books."

Die in diesem Band enthaltenen Gedichte sind fast alle auch für Kinder geeignet, viele im Stil von Nonsens-Gedichten. Immer wieder aber auch mit einem ernsten Kern. Die schwarz-weißen Linienzeichnungen ergänzen die Gedichte perfekt.

Für mich eine schöne Entdeckung.… (mehr)
 
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