【美国人物志】谢尔·希尔弗斯坦（5/6)

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谢尔登·艾伦·希尔弗斯坦（Sheldon Allan Silverstein）是美国诗人、创作歌手、音乐家、作曲家、插画家、编剧和儿童文学作家，笔名为谢尔·希尔弗斯坦。在他的一些儿童文学作品中，他自称为谢尔比叔叔（Uncle Shelby），同时，他在部分卡通作品中的签名用的是S·S。
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Shel Silverstein
"Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Unicorn
Bloath
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
"Where the Sidewalk Ends"
"Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me, Too"
"A Light in the Attic"
New York Times
"Ations"

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Shel Silverstein is also famous for his poetry. His first children's poetry book was "Where the Sidewalk Ends." It was published in 1974. It contains more than 100 poems, and many drawings. The poems and drawings are creative, funny and wise. In the book, readers meet a boy who turns into a television set. They meet a girl who eats a whale.
Imaginary creatures like the Unicorn and the Bloath live there. So does a girl called Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" is a place where you can wash your shadow. You can plant a garden of diamonds. It is a place where shoes can fly. And a crocodile goes to the dentist because his tooth hurts. Silverstein reads one of the poems in his book, called "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me, Too."
Shel Silverstein's second children's poetry book is called "A Light in the Attic." It also contains many funny poems and drawings. This book was so popular that it was on the New York Times newspaper's list of best-selling books for more than three years. Listen as he reads his poem "Ations."