Gen: Sad Silverstein news

[Carin Barwick <Bookpusher@AOL.COM>]

Colleagues,
Look at the sad news I just found :
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Shel Silverstein, the author of such acclaimed
children's books as ``A Light in the Attic'' and ``Where the Sidewalk Ends,''
was found dead at his home early today. He was 66. Silverstein was born in
Chicago and began his career as a writer and cartoonist for Playboy in 1952.
He was discovered in his bedroom. The cause of death was not immediately
known.

He will be sadly missed.
I enjoyed so many of his silly poems (especially "Sick" and the one about
Sarah Sylvia Stout...who would not take the garbage out), and just spent a
whole week reading them to children, who also loved them. When I was in 4th
grade, my student teacher would read us a poem a day "if we were good".

Sigh.

Carin Barwick
LMS Geneseo Elementary
Geneseo, NY
Bookpusher@aol.com

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