Top Ten Tuesday: Books for People Who Liked Shel Silverstein


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A gigantic evergreen bush that has been trimmed into the shape of a question mark. It’s sitting on a grassy field under a clear blue sky. This image looks computer generated, not real. I struggled with this week’s prompt because I haven’t had a lot of luck finding new favourites through online articles or bookstore displays that use this method of grouping similar authors together.

What I ended up doing is looking up books for people who enjoyed the lighthearted poetry of Shel Silverstein. While I haven’t read any of them yet, they do sound fun and I’d love to hear your thoughts on them if you are familiar with them.

Book cover for Beautiful Things and How to Ignore Them by Sam Kuban. The image on the cover shows the title arranged to look like a plant growing in the soil of the author’s name. There are little green leaves at the bottom of the title and roots growing all around it. The colours of the cover are red, green, and beige.

1. Beautiful Things and How to Ignore Them by Sam Kuban

 

An Elephant Is On My House: And Other Poems by Othen Donald Dale Cummings book cover. Image on cover shows a drawing of an elephant wearing a pink shirt who is standing on a house with a red roof.

2. An Elephant Is On My House: And Other Poems by Othen Donald Dale Cummings

 

Book cover for There's Only One Ewe. by Pete Longname. Image on cover shows a drawing a white sheep against a pale blue background.

3. There’s Only One Ewe. by Pete Longname

 

Book cover for Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex. Image on cover shows a drawing of Frankenstein sitting at a table with a red and white checkered tablecloth on it. He’s looking contentedly at a gigantic sandwich that has about 20 different ingredients in it ranging from lettuce to cheese to various types of meat.

 

4. Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex

 

Book cover for Slice of Moon by Kim Dower. Image on cover shows a drawing of a brown-skinned woman wearing a beige dress jumping up gracefully next to a dark blue sky and a big, fluffy white cloud. Someone else’s brown arm is reaching down to her. Or maybe she’s falling and the other person is trying to catch her? It’s hard to tell, but she looks happy either way.

5. Slice of Moon by Kim Dower

 

Book cover for If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School by Kalli Dakos. Image on cover shows a drawing of a black-haired kid with pale skin siting at a desk in a classroom. They are wearing a blue sweater and raising their hand with a thought bubble above their head. There is a green tree growing in the back of the classroom.

6. If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School by Kalli Dakos

 

 

Book cover for Barking Spiders and Other Such Stuff by C.J. Heck. Image on cover shows a drawing of a red and purple spider sitting on top of the title.

7. Barking Spiders and Other Such Stuff by C.J. Heck

 

Book cover for Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles by Douglas Florian. Image on cover shows a drawing of a brown-skinned kid wearing jeans and a striped orange and black sweater carrying a comically large cardboard box filled with smiles that are comprised of nothing but teeth and lips.

8. Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles by Douglas Florian

 

Book cover for Silas and Opal Meet by Grannie Snow. Image on cover shows a drawing of a white-haired senior white woman sitting and knitting something purple in an overstuffed green chair. On the wood floor in front of her are two cats, one black and brown striped and one white, who are sniffing each other. The black and brown striped cat is holding on to the same ball of purple yarn the woman is using and refusing to share it.

9. Silas and Opal Meet by Grannie Snow

 

Book cover for The Alliday Poem Book of Silly Celebrations by S.M. Westerlie. Image on cover shows eight lit rainbow striped candles on a birthday cake that has white frosting that is covered in rainbow sprinkles. The background of this image is orange, possibly meant to be bright wallpaper?

10. The Alliday Poem Book of Silly Celebrations by S.M. Westerlie

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64 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Books for People Who Liked Shel Silverstein

  1. Oh I loved Where the Sidewalk Ends when I was younger so this list makes me incredibly happy to see! Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich looks so cute 😍

  2. Somehow I have gotten to the age I am having never read a book by Silverstein. It sounds like I’m missing out!

  3. Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich sounds like great fun!

  4. Anita@seriesbooklover

    I’ve not heard of this poet, must have a look at them

  5. I have been wanting to read Shel Silverstein’s books again, so they are on my radar. I love this list!

  6. I haven’t read any of these, but I have read others.

    This is random, but I was just reading the other day how Shel Silverstein was quite the ladies’ man and had some racier things he worked on as well. I had never heard that before.

  7. This is a really fun list! It’s been ages since I’ve read any of Silverstein’s work, but I really loved it when I was young.

    My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/03/28/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-people-who-like-t-kingfisher/

  8. I adore Shel Silverstein! What a great idea for this list…very original. I teach reading to elementary students so I love your titles 🙂

  9. I loved Shel Sliverstein as a kid. Here is my book-https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/03/28/top-ten-tuesday-book-recs-for-those-that-enjoy-becky-albertalli/.

  10. I did this with my list today too. Some I had read both and I feel fits well, others I just had to guess and hope they fit. 😉 Hope you enjoy these if you read them!! Thanks for visiting my website today.

  11. Andi

    How fun! I love Shel Silverstein!

  12. I never think to consider poetry for TTT! Interesting take on the topic.

  13. I LOVE this idea! I haven’t read Shel Silverstein for a long time, but I remember finding his books so heartwarming. I’m definitely checking out some of these stories to read with my niece – and I’m going to have to remember picking up some Shel Silverstein to read with her too!

  14. It’s been so long since I read Shel Silverstein! I loved him as a kid!

  15. I love Shel Silverstein, and these definitely seem to have similar vibes 🙂

  16. Oh, this is a clever way to go about it! I will add some of these for my kiddo. 🙂

  17. I haven’t read any of these but they certainly sound sweet!

  18. Great list! I am going to check a few of these out. 🙂

  19. I haven’t read any of these books but they sound like fun reads! 🙂

  20. I love how we both chose a poetry theme. Shel Silverstein is great! 🙂

  21. There’s Only One Ewe is cute. 🙂

  22. Wendy Williams

    I struggled with this too, and just decided to do another topic. Ilove this post,

  23. I suppose it was you who replied on my post since you signed with Lydia.

    My sons loved Shel Silverstein (I am sure they still do), so there were many of his books in the house but I never heard of any of the otehrs, so thanks for that.

    And thanks for visiting my TTT this week.

    • Yes, that was me, Marianne! I’ve been having trouble commenting on Blogspot blogs recently, so sometimes I can only do it through the “Anonymous” option.

      I’m glad your sons loved Shel Silverstein. He was my favourite poet when I was a kid.

  24. Jo

    I’m not really a poetry person so I’ve not read any of these, but a unique choice for this week’s topic, I like it! I find the whole if you liked this author try this one kind of hit and miss too, it has worked for me sometimes, but not always.

  25. What a great idea, I love Shel Silverstein.

  26. What a great topic! I adored Shel Silverstein poems as a kid, and still have one of his books gracing my bookshelves to this day. I haven’t heard of any of these books before today, but these all look equally quirky and fun.

  27. vidya

    Thanks for visiting! And while we both picked Silverstein, our lists are so very different!! I have not read any of the books on your list (and as for the authors, I think I have only read Adam Rex and did enjoy the books I read so far by him)…

  28. I love Shel Silverstein’s poetry but I haven’t read any of the other books. Great idea for a post! Barking Spiders made me laugh.

  29. ohh, lovely, some of those were part of my childhood, wonderful list

  30. I’m not much of a poetry fan, but I LOVED Shel Silverstein as a child. His poems were just so zany and funny! Light-hearted poetry might just be something I need more of in my life 🙂

    Happy TTT (on a Sunday)!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

    • He was such a wonderful storyteller! I’m rarely into poetry either, but Silverstein really was something special.

      Happy TTT to you as well!

  31. I haven’t read Shel Silverstein in a looong time but I loved his books so much as a kid! I definitely will have to check some of these out 😍 Great list, Lydia!

  32. I haven’t read any of these books, but I did also love Shel Silverstein. I was introduced to the author by a teacher who read all the poems in Where the Sidewalk Ends with voices. We always begged for more. I love how you twisted this week’s prompt!

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