Who is Shel Silverstein?

This is the second series of introducing great authors to you.

Have you come across Shel Silverstein's books in the bookstore or libraries?

He is one of my favourite Children's authors because of his superb imagination and of course, writing skills.

The simplistic illustrations are so unique too.

The first book that I read many years ago was The Giving Tree (above).

It is a lovely book that teaches me appreciation for people/animals/plants who have helped or comforted us in one way or another.

It also reminds us to take care of the natural resources we have. Example: trees.

Eager to read the first few pages of the book?

Go to his excellent homepage with heaps of animations and his very generous introduction of his animated homepage and his stories. Make sure you don't skip the introduction!

(above) A screen shot of the introduction.

After that, you will see this menu page (below).


Then click Shel's Book icon. You will see this screen (below).

Then click The Giving Tree icon or other books you would like to read.

Well, though each click only allows us to read the first few pages, I thought that is very kind of Shel (or his boss/company) to produce the animated version of each book.

Alright, that's all from me.

Remember to look out for his books in your next trip to the library!