Shel Silverstein – författare

Det var en gång ett träd som älskade en liten pojke. Och pojken älskade trädet. Han åt av hennes äpplen, gungade i hennes grenar, sov i hennes skugga. Och trädet var lyckligt. Men tiden går. Pojken blir äldre. Han får andra intressen än äpplen och klättring. Den ovanliga vänskapen sätts på svåra prov. Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) var barnboks­författare, dramatiker, bildkonst­när, musiker och sångmakare. I hemlandet USA räknas flera av hans böcker för barn som moderna klassiker och utkommer i ständigt nya upplagor. Hans sånger har spelats in av artister som Johnny Cash ("A Boy Named Sue"), Marianne Faithfull ("The Ballad of Lucy Jordan") och Dr. Hook ("Sylvia's Mother"). Samtidigt med Och trädet var lyckligt utger Karneval förlag ytterligare en barnbok av Shel Silverstein, Vem vill ha en billig noshörning?

If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer . . . Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.

There's a light on in the attic.I can see it from outside,And I know you're on the inside ... lookin' out.Step inside the mind of Shel Silverstein and you'll discover a magic homework machine, a Polar Bear in the fridge and a Meehoo With an Exactlywatt. But beware stolen knees, the babysitter who likes to squash children - and the nighttime peril of the Whatifs!This is the second book of beloved poems and pictures from the marvellous master of nonsense, Shel Silverstein.

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

As recommended by Meghan Markle as the one book she can't wait to share with her child - the timeless fable about the gift of loveOnce there was a little tree ... and she loved a little boy. So begins the classic bestseller, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.