Influences
Shel Silverstein did not have many influences when he started to write and draw. He said in an interview,” I was also lucky that I didn’t have anyone to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style.”
He started drawing and writing in his teens because he says he was not popular with the girls and was not good at sports.
In his early career he wrote mainly for an adult audience. In 1963 he met Ursula Nordstrom, a book editor. She convinced him that he should write children’s poems and stories. A year later he published The Giving Tree, his most popular book.
Shel Silverstein did not have many influences when he started to write and draw. He said in an interview,” I was also lucky that I didn’t have anyone to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style.”
He started drawing and writing in his teens because he says he was not popular with the girls and was not good at sports.
In his early career he wrote mainly for an adult audience. In 1963 he met Ursula Nordstrom, a book editor. She convinced him that he should write children’s poems and stories. A year later he published The Giving Tree, his most popular book.