Every Thing On It

Summary:

Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein is a collection of poems for children. The book is written about a variety of topics and illustrated in only a way Shel Silverstein can do it.

Genre Evaluation:

Poetry is the category that this book falls under. It is a collection of writing with no specific purpose or style.

Classroom Activities:

1. Have the students to write their own poem.

2. Have the students to read a poem from the book and draw a picture that they feel would illustrate what the poem is talking about.

Read & Response:

1.What are some topics that the author wrote about?

2.Why do you think the author used poetry to tell these stories?

Personal Comments:

I think that this book has some awesome children's poems in it. I was not impressed with a few but overall I liked the book. I have already read several as part of a bedtime story and I know I will be reading more.

About the Author:
 


Shel Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930, in Chicago. Silverstein studied music and established himself as a musician and composer, writing songs including “A Boy Named Sue,” popularized by Johnny Cash, and Loretta Lynn’s “One’s on the Way.” Silverstein also wrote children’s literature, including The Giving Tree and the poetry collection A Light in the Attic. He died in 1999.

References:

Shel Silverstein. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.shelsilverstein.com/about/