Uncle Shelby'S Abz Book
Title | Uncle Shelby'S Abz Book PDF eBook |
Author | Shel Silverstein |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1985-09-09 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 067121148X |
An adult version of the alphabet!
An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
Title | An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein PDF eBook |
Author | Shel Silverstein |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | One-act plays, American |
ISBN | 9780822218739 |
THE STORIES: Welcome to the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein, a world where nothing is as it seems and where the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. The ten imaginative plays in this collection range widely in content,
Playboy's Silverstein Around the World
Title | Playboy's Silverstein Around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Shel Silverstein |
Publisher | Fireside |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2007-05-22 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
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Displaying the wit and marvelous drawings that made Shel Silverstein one of the most beloved artists of the century, Playboy's Silverstein Around the World collects and reproduces the twenty-three travel pieces Silverstein created for Playboy between 1957 and 1968. While children and adults alike know Shel Silverstein for his classic books The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, and Where the Sidewalk Ends, they may be less aware that Silverstein also created a dazzling series of illustrated comic travelogues published by Hugh M. Hefner in Playboy. Playboy's Silverstein Around the World not only reproduces these fascinating articles in facsimile form, it also provides an introduction with never-before-seen photos and drawings and rare, illuminating biographical detail. Beginning in May 1957 with "Return to Tokyo," the pieces reproduced in this book took Silverstein from Scandinavia to Africa and the Middle East, from Paris and London to Moscow, ending in the summer of 1968 with the two-part epic "Silverstein Among the Hippies." This unique collection is a legacy of the close relationship between Silverstein and Hefner, who saw the great potential of this particular combination of artist and assignment, and the social revolution led by Playboy in the 1950s and 1960s. With its wry, ribald humor and beautifully produced color illustrations, this tableau of the mid-twentieth-century world is sure to please and fascinate Silverstein's millions of fans.
A Boy Named Shel
Title | A Boy Named Shel PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Rogak |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2007-11-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1429980567 |
Few authors are as beloved as Shel Silverstein. His inimitable drawings and comic poems have become the bedtime staples of millions of children and their parents, but few readers know much about the man behind that wild-eyed, bearded face peering out from the backs of dust jackets. In A Boy Named Shel, Lisa Rogak tells the full story of a life as antic and adventurous as any of his creations. A man with an incurable case of wanderlust, Shel kept homes on both coasts and many places in between---and enjoyed regular stays in the Playboy Mansion. Everywhere he went he charmed neighbors, made countless friends, and romanced almost as many women with his unstoppable energy and never-ending wit. His boundless creativity brought him fame and fortune---neither of which changed his down-to-earth way of life---and his children's books sold millions of copies. But he was much more than "just" a children's writer. He collaborated with anyone who crossed his path, and found success in a wider range of genres than most artists could ever hope to master. He penned hit songs like "A Boy Named Sue" and "The Unicorn." He drew cartoons for Stars & Stripes and got his big break with Playboy. He wrote experimental plays and collaborated on scripts with David Mamet. With a seemingly unending stream of fresh ideas, he worked compulsively and enthusiastically on a wide array of projects up until his death, in 1999. Drawing on wide-ranging interviews and in-depth research, Rogak gives fans a warm, enlightening portrait of an artist whose imaginative spirit created the poems, songs, and drawings that have touched the lives of so many children---and adults.
Different Dances
Title | Different Dances PDF eBook |
Author | Shel Silverstein |
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ISBN | 9780848811686 |
Startling, irreverent and provocative, the incomparable creator of poems and fables for children turns his eye and pen upon the social calamities and absurdities of the adult world in this classic collection. Illustrations.
Uncle Ollie's Alphabet Follies
Title | Uncle Ollie's Alphabet Follies PDF eBook |
Author | Dugg Smith |
Publisher | Archway Publishing |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2021-11-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781665711746 |
"Uncle Ollie's Alphabet Follies" is a humorous take on children's ABC books in the manner of "Uncle Shelby's ABZ's" by Shel Silverstein but much kinder and less subversive. Most parents would be fine with their children reading this one. (The facts are correct but are presented in a silly, non-scientific way.) Uncle Ollie is an eclectic, eccentric, pipe-smoking Aussie who researches alphabets and likes to share his knowledge with everyone, especially kids.
Uncle Shelby's Abz Book: A Primer for Adults Only
Title | Uncle Shelby's Abz Book: A Primer for Adults Only PDF eBook |
Author | Shel Silverstein |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2022-02-15 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9780063139671 |