Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein

Anyone that has ever read any of Shel Silverstein's books is probably still chuckling to themselves!  Here is a newly released book (well scheduled for a September 20, 2011 release) that does not disappoint!
The poems and drawings in the book were selected by family members from his archives -- Silverstein died in 1999 -- and care has been taken to echo his best-known works.  To read a review - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/03/shel-silversteins-september-book-revealed.html
 A link to Shel Silverstein's website complete with drawing animation - http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
 
Here is a sample - 
A spider lives inside my head
Who weaves a strange and wondrous web
Of silken threads and silver strings
To catch all sorts of flying things,
Like crumbs of thought and bits of smiles
And specks of dried-up tears,
And dust of dreams that catch and cling
For years and years and years . . .

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