For example, Silverstein's take on experimentation is discussed in his poem "Stone Telling" (p.
His poems brought me joy as a youngster and I have used them in the classroom to teach a variety of lessons. I love Silverstein's twisted look at the world through the eyes of a child. Demento Show make sure that websites that you are visiting with students have been previewed for content and material and listen to any audio files - don't trust that because it says "Shel Silverstein" that it is appropriate for younger audiences. Hook and The Medicine Show (Don't Give a Dose to the One You Love Most, I Got Stoned and I Missed It, and Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball among others), and has often been featured for some of his more electic works on the Dr. Warning: to those who would do an author study on Shel Silverstein - he wrote songs for Johnny Cash (A Boy Named Sue), Dr.
Heck, I even own the lesser known, more adult musical selections as well. I own all of his children's poetry books, and I have an extensive collection of Silverstein reading his own poetry. These poems include every day problems such as " Sick" which features a young child who suffers from nearly every malady known to man until she discovers that it is Saturday and there is no school - suddenly cured, the young lady informs her mother she is going outside to play "Ma and God" in which a child bemoans the gifts of God that are thwarted by a mother visual poetry including a poem written on the neck of a giraffe " For Sale" in which an older brother tries to sell his younger sister and " Dreadful" which tells the unfortunate tale of a baby who has been consumed by some unknown individual. A collection of silly, humorous, and thought-provoking poems for the young and the young at heart.
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