Shel Silverstein Treasure Hunt

Read the information at http://www.harperchildrens.com/teacher/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=12731 to answer the following questions. 

Get a copy of the treasure hunt from your teacher and write you answers on that paper.

1. One of Shel Silverstein's first books was about what animal? _________________________

2. Why was it hard for him to get The Giving Tree published?

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3. What happened to the giraffe in the next story he wrote?

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4. What was the title of his first poetry book?

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5. Besides writing children's books and poetry, what else did Shel Silverstein do?

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