Silverstein & me: A Memoir
by Marv Gold
Published June 2009
Is this the Silverstein so many have come to know and love? Yes, because it presents his human and humorous side, and goes beyond, into the many hurdles he confronted. Told as a fast-paced narrative, it unveils a spectrum of characters. As a memoir filled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights, it is the first and only close look at the legend and the person.
In this memoir, written by his childhood friend Marv Gold, readers get the chance to look beyond the infamous beard and witty humor of this exceptional talent. Shel Silverstein was an author, poet, cartoonist and songwriter most noted for his work with Playboy and childhood classics like, The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not quite the tell-all book that some fans must certainly crave, it does deliver on it's promise to fill-in-the-blanks for an artist who was loved by many but refused public appearances and press interviews.
The book is funny, sometimes campy and nearly every page includes a drawing from his vast body or work. There is a great deal of candor with respect to the writer's observations of Silverstein, from his childhood through his Playboy era and his death in 1999.
Wild times. Timeless art. A lifetime of ink.
Whether you're a fan of his Playboy cartoons, read A Light In the Attic a hundred times or like to sip whiskey while singing along to A Boy Named Sue, you're sure to be entertained by this memoir.
"Listen to the mustn'ts child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the wont's. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me ... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
-- Shel Silverstein
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The Giving Tree actually ranks really high on my list of childhood favorites. That book still makes me cry. My other favorite was (is!) Alice in Wonderland.
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YAY! I ADORE Shel Silverstein. I've always loved A Light In The Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up. My boss even gave me The Giving Tree last christmas when I was pregnant. :) Fingers crossed I win!
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This sounds really interesting. I loved The Giving Tree like the others seem to say, but I grew up on the Harry Potter books. I also loved Amelia Bedelia and The Rainbow Fish.
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Where The Wild Things Are - was and is my favorite childhood book.
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The Giving Tree! My principal gave me a copy when I was in kindergarten. It helped start a life long love of books.
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I really liked all of the Berenstein Bears books.
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the wonderful wizard of oz
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When I was a child, I always liked the Amelia Bedelia & Encyclopedia Brown books! But I came to adore Shel Silverstein as an adult. :)
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James and the Giant Peach was my favorite book when I was younger
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The Giving Tree is my number one and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a very close second.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends was actually my favorite.
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"Charlotte's Web"
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I loved Dr. Seuss books when I was a young girl...my favorite was Green Eggs and Ham.
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Green eggs and ham
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite book I don't remember the title but it was a prose and poetry book... I read it so much the cover fell off and I put it back on... Then I made a cover to protect it... loved it... Once I was older I took to Where the Sidewalk Ends...
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