Biography:

Life: 9/25/1930 - 5/10/1999. He was born in Chicago, IL.

High School: Roosevelt High School

University: University of Illinois (expelled)

University: Chicago Academy of Fine Arts

University: Roosevelt University (three years, until drafted in 1953)

A little about him

Shel Silverstien has been to 3 universities, 1 he was expelled from for bad grades, another he was drafted in the middle of it. He wanted to be popular with girls, but girls didn't like him, so he started to draw and write. He began as an artist for a military newspaper, then became a cartoonist. After that he became a children's author and poet. Later he became a song writer.