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18 Meet Shel Silverstein Many of us know the book , The Giving Tree , which was translated into Hebrew and 30 other languages . But what do we know about the writer , Shel Silverstein ? Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago in 1930 . When he was young he spent most of his time drawing and playing baseball . He wanted to be a professional baseball player , but he wasn’t good enough . After high school Shel studied art and English at university . He also wrote stories and drew pictures for the student newspaper . In 1953 Shel had to leave university to go to the American army . In the army he worked as a reporter and cartoon artist . When Shel finished the army , he needed a job . He sold hot dogs and drew cartoons . Then a friend got him a job as a magazine reporter and Shel traveled around the world to report stories . But he had a car accident and broke his leg , so he stopped traveling . Shel spent his time drawing cartoons and writing music . A friend told him that he should write children’s stories and soon Shel became a famous children’s book writer . He wrote 12 books . His first children’s book , Lafcadio , The Lion Who Shot Back , came out in 1963 , The Giving Tree in 1964 and the last one , Falling Up , in 1997 . He also wrote songs , poems and music for the movies . Shel Silverstein died in 1999 – a famous and popular writer .
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