Essays on Shel Silverstein

In order to comment on the significant use of illustrations with reference to their textual matter and explain the relationship between them and I have chosen two works: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and “Hana’s Suitcase” by Karen Levine. For the first book “The Giving Tree” we have clear and explicit illustrations who success to compliment the readings quite well, in order to support the main idea of the text and to improve it with simple but effective drawings. The second book “Hana’s Suitcase,” is a slender book, easy to read, illustrated with heartbreakingly happy ...

Abstract

Shel Silverstein is an author, artist, playwright and a song writer who started writing children’s books in 1963. He was born in 1930, in Chicago, and in 1999, in key West, Florida from a heart attack. Silverstein has served as a soldier in the US Army, Korea, and Japan in the 1950s. After he left the army, he focused on writing children’s books, poems, songs, and even plays. Nonetheless, shel Silverstein is renowned for being the best writer for children’s books. An example of his books is A Giraffe and a Half which is an interesting children’s book. It ...

In order to comment on the significant use of illustrations with reference to their textual matter and explain the relationship between them and I have chosen two works: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and “Hana’s Suitcase” by Karen Levine. For the first book “The Giving Tree” we have clear and explicit illustrations who success to compliment the readings quite well, in order to support the main idea of the text and to improve it with simple but effective drawings. The second book “Hana’s Suitcase,” is a slender book, easy to read, illustrated with heartbreakingly happy ...